Dubbed “the Grand Canyon of the East” and rated as the Best State Park in the U.S. by USA Today, Letchworth State Park is a destination all residents of New York should check out at least once. The park is 17 miles long and contains 14,350 acres across Livingston and Wyoming counties. The crown jewel …
Letchworth State Park had a canal running alongside the Genesee River gorge. Its been abandoned for over 140 years. It took 25 years and 6 million dollars to construct the Genesee Valley Canal. All for the canal to be abandoned 16 years after it was completed. Talk about throwing money in a ditch, eh? …