# List of canals in New York

This is a list of canals in the state of New York, the artificial waterways built for drainage management or transportation.

## List

The following canals have existed in New York, United States.
* Baldwinsville Canal
* Black River Canal
* Cayuga and Seneca Canal
* Champlain Canal
* Chemung Canal
* Chenango Canal
* Chenango Canal Extension
* City Ship Canal
* Clark and Skinner Canal
* Crooked Lake Canal
* Delaware and Hudson Canal
* Erie Canal
* Evans Ship Canal
* Feeder Canal
* Genesee Valley Canal
* Glens Falls Feeder Canal
* Gowanus Canal
* Harlem Ship Canal
* Hydraulic Canal
* Junction Canal
* Little Falls Canal
* Love Canal (drainage)
* Main and Hamburg Canal
* Oneida Lake Canal
* Oneida River Improvement
* Oswego Canal
* Scottsville Canal
* Seneca River Towing-Path
* Shinnecock Canal
* Union Ship Canal
The New York State Canal System currently contains several of these canals.

## Some summaries

Source:
| | | | | | C A N A L | C A N A L | | | | L O C K S | L O C K S | L O C K S | |
| | | | | | Length | Length | T o t a l  l i f t | T o t a l  l i f t | | | Dimensions | Dimensions | |
| | | | | number of locks | number of locks | number of locks | | | | | | | |
| | | Years | Locality | Water | st. mile | km | ft | m | m | | ft | m | |
| | 1817 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Erie n° 1 | 1817 | | Troy (Albany) | Hudson R. | 363 | 584 | 676 | 206 | | L | 90 | 27,5 | |
| opened | 1823 | | Tonawanda | Niagara | 83 | 83 | drainage divideS | drainage divideS | | w | 15 | 4,58 | |
| closed | | | AVERAGES | distance | 4,37 | 7,04 | lift | lift | 2,48 | d | 4 | 1,22 | |
| | 1828 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Crooked Lake | 1830 | | Dresden | Seneca Lake | 8 | 13 | 51 | 16 | | L | 90 | 27,5 | |
| opened | 1833 | | Lac Keuka | Lac Keuka | 27 | 27 | | | | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood |
| closed | 1877 | 44 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,30 | 0,48 | lift | lift | 0,58 | d | 4 | 1,22 | |
| Chemung | 1830 | | Havana | Seneca Lake | 23 | 37 | 36 | 11 | | L | 90 | 27,5 | |
| opened | 1833 | | Gibson Corn. | Chemung R. | 49 | 49 | | | | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood (?) |
| closed | 1878 | 45 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,47 | 0,76 | lift | lift | 0,22 | d | 4 | 1,22 | |
| | 1836 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Genese Valley | 1839 | | Rochester | Canal Erie | 124 | 200 | 1047 | 319 | | L | 90 | 27,5 | |
| opened | 1862 | | Olean | Allegheny | 112 | 112 | drainage divide | drainage divide | | w | 15 | 4,58 | wood (?) |
| closed | 1878 | 16 | AVERAGES | distance | 1,11 | 1,78 | lift | lift | 2,85 | d | 4 | 1,22 | stone |
| | 1828 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackriver | 1837 | | Rome | Canal Erie | 35 | 56 | 1423 | 434 | | L | 90 | 27,5 | |
| opened | 1855 | | Carthage | Black River | 109 | 109 | drainage divide | drainage divide | | w | 15 | 4,58 | |
| closed | 1925 | 70 | AVERAGES | distance | 0,32 | 0,52 | lift | lift | 3,98 | d | 4 | 1,22 | |
| | 1835 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Erie n° 2 | 1836 | | Troy (Albany) | Fl. Hudson | 350 | 560 | 571 | 174 | | L | 110 | 33,6 | |
| opened | 1862 | | Tonawanda | Niagara | 71 | 71 | drainage divideS | drainage divideS | | w | 18 | 5,49 | |
| closed | | | AVERAGES | distance | 4,9 | 7,9 | lift | lift | 2,10 | d | 7 | 2,14 | |
| | 1903 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Erie n° 3 | 1905 | | Troy (Albany) | Hudson R. | 310 | 499 | 571 | 174 | | L | 300 | 91,5 | |
| (NY Barge Canal) | 1918 | | Tonawanda | Niagara | 36 | 36 | drainage divideS | drainage divideS | | w | 43,5 | 13,27 | |
| | 2021 | 103 | AVERAGES | distance | 8,61 | 13,86 | lift | lift | 4,84 | d | 13 | 3,97 | |