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DENY Podcast: New York Parks & 600 Miles on the Erie Canal

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Pop some headphones on and go for a walk while listening to my story about one heck of a walk.

Part One: I ask my mom about her favorite parts of New York. She asks me about walking from Buffalo to Albany.

Part two: My mom asks me about all the odd things I saw while crossing the state.

Here’s an article I wrote for the Orleans Hub — a local online-only newspaper — about my journey walking the Erie Canalway Trail. Just in case you are one for reading and not podcasts.

Interesting comparison: the 1905 New York State canal system compared to today’s population concentrations.

Map of the Canal System of the State of New York — from: History of the Canal System of the State of New York … / by Noble E. Whitford (Albany : Brandow Publishing Co., 1906) — original size: 8 x 14 cm.
2000 census of New York.

And some of my best pictures from the trail.

Buffalo.
Near Pendleton.
Johnsonville. Was used as a dump for decades before saved for historic purposes.

Aqueduct near Syracuse.
Herkimer.
Greece graffiti.
Adams Basin.
Near Utica.
Gaines.
Gaines. Northern most part of the Erie Canal.
Rochester.
Scotia. Lock on left, movable dam on right. Mohawk River/Erie Canal.
Waterford. (Five locks within 2 miles).
Dunsback Ferry.

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