Canal Society Past Events
Past Events
The Canal Society of New York State seeks to host two exploratory field trips a year. Past field trips coordinated by the Society are listed below.
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2023 (October) Champlain Canal Bicentennial - Albany to the Glens Falls Feeder Canal (photos & guidebook)
2023 (April) The Samuel Center for Canal History, Port Byron NY (photos & guidebook)
2022 (Oct) - NYS Canal Conference - Rochester
2022 (May) Oswego Canal (photos & guidebook)
2021 (Sept) NYS Canal Conference – Schenectady, NY (postponed from 2020) (program)
2020 (Oct) The Chemung Canal, the Junction Canal, and the Crooked Lake Canal (guidebook)
2019 (Nov) The Erie Canal - Fayetteville and the Southern Reservoirs (guidebook)
2019 (June) Marine Heritage in the Mid-Hudson Valley
2018 (Oct) NYS Canal Conference - Staten Island (program)
2018 (May) Delaware Canal, New Hope to Easton PA, joint trip with the Pennsylvania Canal Society
2017 (Sept) World Canals Conference, Syracuse NY (program abstracts)
2017 (May) Erie Canal Bicentennial Tour - Rome and Utica (guidebook)
2016 (Oct) NYS Canal Conference - Auburn
2016 (May) Buffalo to Lockport - Buffalo
2015 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal: Over the Top (Summit Level and Environs)
2014 (Sept) NYS Canal Conference - Geneva
2014 (May) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Hagerstown MD
2013 (Oct) Three Erie Canals in Montgomery, Schenectady and Saratoga Counties
2013 (Apr) Delaware & Hudson Canal Kingston/Rondout - Alligerville, NY
2012 (Oct) New York State Canal Conference - Oswego
2012 (June) Erie Canal Cruise and More - Herkimer to Little Falls
2011 (Oct) - Three Erie Canals: Lyons to Macedon
2011 (May) - The Champlain Canal: Clinton's Ditch to the Fetid Ditch
2010 (June) Boat and Bike Day - Rochester
2009 (Oct) Erie Canal Aqueducts of Central New York
2009 (Apr) The Chenango Canal: Hamilton to Greene
2008 (Oct) The Cayuga and Seneca Canal: Montezuma to Geneva
2008 (June) The Oswego Canal: Syracuse to Oswego
2007 (Oct) The Black River Canal: Rome to Lyons Falls
2007 (May) Three Erie Canals: Albany to Rexford
2006 (Oct) Canal Society 50th Anniversary - Buffalo
2006 (June) Allegheny Portage Railroad
2005 (Oct) The Genesee Valley Canal: Rochester to Portageville
2005 (Apr) The Champlain Canal: Schuylerville to Whitehall
2004 (Oct) The D&H Canal: Honesdale, PA to Port Jervis, NY
2004 (May) The Chenango Canal: Utica to Hamilton
2003 (Oct) Adirondack Reservoirs
2003 (June) The Rideau Canal: Ottawa to Jones Falls
2002 (Sept) The Erie Canal: Little Falls to Mindenville
2002 (May) Morris Canal, New Jersey
2001 (Oct) St. Lawrence Seaway
2001 (May) The Erie Canal: Tonawanda to Medina
2000 (Oct) Trent Severn: Canada
2000 (Sept) World Canals Conference: Rochester
2000 (May) Schenectady: Union College
1999 (Oct) The Canals of Western Onondaga County
1999 (May) New York Harbor
1998 (Oct) The Chemung Canal
1998 (May) Oneida Lake and Its Canals
1997 (Oct) Cruise: Syracuse to Cayuga and Seneca Lakes
1997 (Apr) Chenango Canal and Extension: Binghamton to Greene
1996 (Sept) Erie Canal: Albany to Waterford; Champlain Canal: Cohoes to Stillwater
1996 (June) The Erie Canal: Buffalo
1995 (Oct) The Champlain Canal: Northumberland to Whitehall
1995 (May) The Erie Canal: Bushnell's Basin to Medina
1994 (Oct) The Black River Canal
1994 (Apr) The Delaware and Hudson Canal: Rondout to Port Hudson
1993 (Oct) The Neck on Mohawk River
1993 (Oct) Erie Canal: Central Oneida County
1992 (Oct) Welland Canal, Canada
1992 (May) Genesee Valley Canal: Nunda to the Allegheny River
1991 (Oct) Erie Canal in Eastern Wayne County
1991 (May) Erie Canal: Western Herkimer County
1990 (Oct) Erie Canal: Eastern Montgomery County
1990 (May) Erie: DeWitt to New London
1989 (Oct) Oswego: Syracuse to Oswego
1989 (May) Cayuga and Seneca Canal from Geneva to Montezuma
1988 (Oct) Erie Canal: Cohoes to Pattersonville
1988 (Apr) Genesee Valley Canal and the Dansville Sidecut
1987 Canals of the Central Mohawk Valley: Fultonville to Little Falls
1987 (June) Buffalo to Lockport
1986 (Oct) Chenango Canal: Clinton to Greene
1986 (May) Two Eries: Montezuma to Camillus
1985 (Oct) Champlain Canal: Watervliet to Whitehall
1984 None
1983 None
1982 None
1991 (Oct) Black River Canal
1980 (Oct) Canals at Cohoes
1980 (May) Erie: Bushnell's Basin to Lock 32
1979 (Oct) Lehigh, Pennsylvania
1979 (May) D&H Canal
1978 (June) Erie: Monroe County
1978 (Oct) Mononagahela, Pennsylvania
1977 (May) Chambly Canal: Richelieu
1977 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal: Mt. Morris to Portageville
1976 (Oct) Middlesex Canal, Massachusetts
1976 (May) Oneida Lake and Land Cuts
1975 (Oct) Erie: Holley Loop
1975 (May) Oswego River
1974 (Oct) Champlain: Feeder and north
1973 (Sept) Delaware and Hudson Canal - High Falls to Spring Glen
1973 (May) West Branch, Pennsylvania
1972 (Oct) Delaware and Raritan
1972 (June) Black River Canal
1972 (May) Lehigh Canal: Lock 38 to Dam 9
1971 (Oct) Western Wayne County: Poorhouse Lock No. 56 to County Line
1971 (May) Erie: Rome
1971 Chesapeake and Ohio: lower end
1970 Juniata Division, Pennsylvania
1970 (Oct) Genesee Valley Canal South: Oil Creek Reservoir to Olean and Milgrove
1970 (May) Chenango Canal
1969 (Oct) Eastern Wayne County Line to Poorhouse Lock No. 56
1969 (May) Erie: Fort Hunter
1969 Morris Canal: Phillipsburg to Lake Hopatcong
1968 (Oct) Erie: Port Byron to Richmond Aqueduct (and Cayuga & Seneca canal)
1968 (May) Erie: Buffalo Harbor
1968 Delaware Division Pennsylvania
1967 (Oct) Lockport East
1967 (May) Western Inland Lock Navigation: Rome Canal and Woods Creek Canal
1967 Middlesex Canal: Massachusetts
1966 (Oct) Western Inland Lock Navigation: German Flats Canal and the Little Falls Canal
1966 (May) Delaware & Hudson Canals
1966 Lehigh Canal: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1965 (Oct) Oneida Lake Canals
1965 (May) Chenango Canal: Greene to Susquehanna
1964 (Oct) Oswego Canal: Three Rivers to Brewerton
1964 (May) Erie Canal: Port Byron to Jordan
1964 Rideau: Ottawa
1963 (Oct) Chemung Canal
1963 St Lawrence Seaway, Massena
1962 (Oct) Erie Canal: Rochester to Lyons
1962 (May) Four Welland Canals - Canada
1962 (Apr) Watervliet - Lower Sidecut to Upper Aqueduct
1961 (Oct) Erie Canal: Jordan to Syracuse
1961 (July) Cayuga & Seneca Canal
1961 (May) Delaware & Hudson Canal: Port Jervis to Honesdale and Gravity Railroad
1960 (Oct) Oswego Canal: Three Rivers to Oswego
1960 (May) Champlain Canal
1959 (Oct) Black River Canal: Lyons Falls to Rome
1959 (May) Genesee Valley Canal: Cuylerville to Portageville
1958 (Oct) Delaware & Hudson Canal: Kingston to Port Jervis
1958 (July) St. Lawrence Seaway
1958 (May) Erie Canal: Tonawanda to Lockport
1957 (Oct) Chenango Canal: Utica to Hamilton
1957 (May) Erie Canal: Montezuma to Richmond Aqueduct