Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about 363 m from Albany , New York , on the Hudson River to Buffalo , New York , at Lake Erie , completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes .
Simplified: The Erie Canal is a canal in New York State . It runs for 365 miles from the Hudson River to Lake Erie .