Pictured: the Erie Photo by: Birk Thomas

(New York Power Authority (NYPA))

NYS Canal Corporation operates and maintains the NYS Canal System. The Canal System is 524-miles of navigable waterways including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca canals. It also operates and maintains about 150 miles of the Canalway Trail that in its entirety spans 365 miles of hiking and biking paths between Buffalo and Albany, and from Albany to Whitehall.


In 2017, the New York State Canal Corporation was absorbed by the New York Power Authority (NYPA).