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Cruisers approach Lock 6 in the Waterford Flight on
their way to the Mohawk River. The flight of five
locks raise and lower boats some 169 feet between the
Hudson and the Mohawk.
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A canal hire boat beached along the shore of the
Champlain Canal at the Saratoga National
Battlefield. These replicas of English "narrowboats" provide
a leisurely way to enjoy the exceptional beauty of New York's waterways.
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The hireboat "Canvass White" along the
Champlain Canal. Boaters can cruise between Troy
on the Hudson River and Whitehall on lower Lake Champlain via 11 locks
that allow inland navigation along New York's eastern border.
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| A view of "The
Noses" from the ERIE CANAL BOAT just west of Lock 13 on the
Erie Canal. This is the break in the Appalachian chain of mountains that
allowed the original canal to traverse New York State. Were it not for
this geological feature, Philadelphia or Baltimore would likely have
been the premier eastern seaboard port that New York became as a direct
result of the success of "Clinton's Ditch" that opened in
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