SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — According to the curator at the Erie Canal Museum, Ashley Maready, most people know about the Erie Canal, but the Oswego Canal tends to get left out of history lessons. She is committed to change that.
She’s led four discussions this year in an attempt to educate the public on the Oswego Canal, which originated in downtown Syracuse. The construction of the Oswego Canal was encouraged by the early success of the Erie Canal, which originally ran through Syracuse as well, Maready noted.
“It’s a good thing the canals are no longer in the city,” Maready said. “It would have made getting around very difficult. That’s one of the main reasons why they closed here.”
Today, the canal continues all the way to the port city of Oswego and Lake Ontario.
