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Rochester, NY
Welcomes The World Canals Conference
The New York State Canal Corporation, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission, Canal Society of New York State, the City of Rochester, Monroe County, Bergmann Associates, and PIANC-USA welcome delegates to the World Canals Conference scheduled 19 to 24 September 2010. Since 2000 when the greater Rochester area first hosted this conference, we have witnessed magnificent waterway accomplishments bristling with new initiatives, new developments, new vessels, and new ideas. New canal developments, parks and boater amenities have been completed on the Erie Canal (Cornhill Landing and Brooks Landing in Rochester, plus new developments in Brockport, Spencerport, Palmyra, Newark) and older ones expanded (Fairport, Pittsford, Macedon).
New trip boats now ply Erie's waters
(MARY JEMISON, Rochester; ROSE LUMMIS Spencerport) and new restoration schemes have been completed (Commercial Slip the original 1825 canal junction with Lake Erie in Buffalo and Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, Camillus). New Federal Government involvement with the New York State Canal System, virtually unknown in 2000, now manifests itself with the National Park Service's Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.
Lastly new ideas have been put forth that at long last have taken root (Restoring the Old Erie Canal to Downtown Rochester, Restoring the 19th century "Flight of 5" locks at Lockport). So join us for a World Canals Conference that promises to offer a world of new ideas that will translate into key learning outcomes.
The program will be a substantive and highly diverse one of the highest caliber including content that should appeal to managers and engineers of commercially viable waterways, historians, academicians, boaters, and enthusiasts, as well as those interested in canals as engines of economic revitalization and tourism. Thoughtful study tours will result in transportable concepts for the benefit of each delegate’s local inland waterway.
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Local Canal News
Flight Of Five Restoration Project
Camillius NY Restored 9 Mile Creek Aqueduct
Rewatering Erie Canal Downtown Rochesters
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Enjoy What Rochester Has To Offer
Enjoy the splendor of Rochester's neighborhoods with wonderful architecture and restaurants, entertainment districts, live theaters, art galleries, book stores, and museums. The East End, East Avenue, Park Avenue, St. Paul District, Cornhill Landing, Southwedge District and High Falls beckon visitors and locals alike. Smaller canal villages minutes from Rochester provide additional waterside venues for relaxation and quality of life.
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East End Festival
Park Ave
Corn Hill
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Call For Papers
The World Canals Conference Planning Committee requests submittals of Abstracts For Papers from any individual with a general interest or specialty in canals and inland waterways and/or their landside use, development, and economic revitalization not to exceed 500 words.
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