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boatingonthehudson.com
NewYork State Canal System
Receives National Historic
Landmark Designation
It makes the waterway especially attractive to cultural heritage
travelers who are looking for authentic experiences. Research
shows that these travelers tend to spend more and stay longer
than other types of travelers.
The timing of this announcement was very appropriate given
that this is the 200th Anniversary of the start of the canal’s
construction in 1817. Numerous bicentennial activities
and tours will take place in 2017, giving communities the
opportunity to capitalize on the canal and visitors who will be
Canalside festivals
like these can be
found throughout
the canal’s 524
mile length. This
location, the
Waterford Harbor
Visitors’ Center, is
easily accessible
to Hudson Valley
boaters.
coming here for events this year. “It is easy to become familiar
with something that has been part of the landscape for two
centuries,” says New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian
Stratton. “You walk along it, you drive over it, you work and live
next to it – and it can become so ever-present that it becomes
ordinary, but what we celebrate today is the ultimate validation
of what we all know – that this iconic waterway is truly extra-
ordinary.”
Considerable investment has been made by economic