ERIE CANAL VILLAGE

Erie Canal Village is an outdoor living history museum. It is a reconstructed 19th century settlement on the site where, on July 4, 1817, the first shovelful of earth was turned for the construction of the original Erie Canal. Relax as their mule-drawn packet boat plies a section of the enlarged canal giving visitors a taste of early 19th century water travel. Then board their narrow gauge steam train excursion and travel as you would have during the late 19th century... Erie Canal Village is managed by a non-profit with onsite management . The organization is dedicated to the preservation of the Village as well as overseeing the daily operations of the museums on site, the original canal "Clinton's Ditch", its Nature Trails, train operations, events, and more... The village was opened in 1973 as a collection of buildings and artifacts meant to educate and celebrate the birth of the Erie Canal, with the first shovel of dirt scooped from the ground in Rome. The canal opened in 1825.

Primary location: Rome United States