Erie Canal
Erie Canal is a river in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York. Erie Canal is situated nearby to the hamlet Park Village, as well as near the locality Tonawanda Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Erie Canal and Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum.
Erie Canal
River
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The world-famous Erie Canal, in New York State, lets you experience history, recreation, and the very best that small-town America has to offer. Stretching almost 350 miles from Buffalo to Albany, up and down 35 locks, under countless bridges, and through dozens of picturesque communities, the Canal was America's first superhighway and the crown jewel of the Empire State.
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
Museum
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Herschell Carousel Factory Museum is a historic carousel factory building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. The factory complex was constructed between about 1910 and 1915 and consists of six primary structures and five contributory additions.
Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier
Museum
The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier is located in the 1922-built Erie Railroad freight depot in North Tonawanda, New York. Operated by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, its mission is to preserve the railroad history of the Buffalo, New York area, once the railroad hub of America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tonawanda and Amherst.
Tonawanda
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Tonawanda is the name of both a city in the Northtowns of Erie County, New York, and the unincorporated suburban township that surrounds it. The incorporated village of Kenmore also makes up part of the Town of Tonawanda.
Amherst
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Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census.
Brighton
Hamlet
Tonawanda is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 72,636. The town is at the north border of the county and is the northern inner ring suburb of Buffalo.
Erie Canal
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Tonawanda, Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.0193° or 43° 1′ 9″ northLongitude
-78.8466° or 78° 50′ 48″ westOpen location code
87M32593+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 80835922OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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