A report on Champlain Canal, Richelieu River and Lake Champlain

Perspective map of Mechanicville from the late 19th century by L.R. Burleigh showing the Champlain Canal and Hudson River

Lake Champlain-River Richelieu watershed

Tug and barge on the Champlain Canal during the 1980s

Map showing the Lake Champlain-River Richelieu watershed

Second-generation water supply locks (the five combines), built to supply water from the Hudson River to the Champlain canal, Glens Falls Feeder, Fort Edward, NY. Also utilized as secondary locks to navigate from Glen's Falls to Champlain canal. Not in use.

Part of the Richelieu River as seen from Mont Saint-Hilaire

Lake Champlain in Burlington Harbor during sunset on May 27, 2012

Brooklyn Museum – Green Mountains, Lake Champlain – Winckworth Allan Gay – overall

Map of Fort Saint-Jean and other forts on the Richelieu River circa 1666 for the campagne of the Regiment of Carignan-Salières

Map of Lac Champlain, from Fort de Chambly up to Fort St-Fréderic in Nouvelle France. Cadastral map showing concessions and seigneuries on the coasts of the lake according to 1739 surveying.

Fort Saint-Jean on Richelieu River in Canada during the 1750s

Map of 1695 with a plan of Fort Richelieu

The Champlain Valley as seen from Camel's Hump

Fort Saint-Jean circa 1775 siege of the fort

A 1902 photograph of Fort Henry at Lake Champlain

The Champlain Bridge between New York and Vermont, demolished in December 2009

The LCTC ferry slip at Grand Isle, Vermont

The Swanton-Alburgh trestle spans Lake Champlain between the two Vermont towns: a distance of about 0.8 mi.

At sunset, looking west from Grand Isle to Plattsburgh and Crab Island

The lighthouse in Lake Champlain at dusk, as seen from Burlington, VT

USCG, Burlington, Vermont – main installation

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife boat docked near ECHO Aquarium

The Champlain Canal is a 60 mi canal in New York that connects the Hudson River to the south end of Lake Champlain.

- Champlain Canal

It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence.

- Richelieu River

With 19th-century construction of the Champlain Canal (1823) south of the Lake Champlain and the Chambly Canal (1843) to the north, the Richelieu provided a direct route from the Saint Lawrence River to New York via Lake Champlain, the canals, and the Hudson River.

- Richelieu River

Because of both Lake Champlain's connection to the St. Lawrence Seaway via the Richelieu River and the existence of the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain is sometimes referred to as "The Sixth Great Lake."

- Lake Champlain

By traveling the length of Lake Champlain, boaters can access the Richelieu River and Chambly Canal, which connect Lake Champlain to the Saint Lawrence River.

- Champlain Canal

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Erie Canal

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Historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.

Aqueduct over the Mohawk River at Rexford, one of 32 navigable aqueducts on the Erie Canal

The Mohawk Valley, running east and west, cuts a natural pathway (water gap) between the Catskill Mountains to the south and the Adirondack Mountains to the north.

Operations at Lockport, New York, in 1839

Stonework of lock abandoned because of route change, at Durhamville, New York

An original five-step lock structure crossing the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport, now without gates and used as a cascade for excess water

1853 map of New York canals emboldened, center: the Erie Canal; other lines: railroads, rivers and county borders

Lithograph of the Erie Canal at Lockport, New York c. 1855. Published for Herrman J. Meyer, 164 William Street, New York City.

Aqueduct over Nine Mile Creek north of Camillus, New York, built in 1841 and abandoned c. 1918; one of 32 navigable aqueducts on the Erie Canal, it has since been restored.

Upstream view of the downstream lock at Lock 32, Pittsford, New York

Map of the "Water Level Routes" of the New York Central Railroad (purple), West Shore Railroad (red) and Erie Canal (blue)

Two "low" lift bridges in Lockport, New York, July 2010

The modern Erie Canal has 34 locks, which are painted with the blue and gold colors of the New York State Canal System.

Gateway Harbor in North Tonawanda, about 1000 ft from the present-day western terminus of the Erie Canal where it connects to the Niagara River

The Old Erie Canal and its towpath at Kirkville, New York, within Old Erie Canal State Historic Park

Buffalo's Erie Canal Commercial Slip in Spring 2008

Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, DeWitt, New York

The modern single lock at the Niagara Escarpment

It connects the three other canals in the New York State Canal System: the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga–Seneca.

The Champlain Canal, a separate but connected 64 mi north-south route from Watervliet on the Hudson to Lake Champlain, opened on the same date.

The Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain, and the Chambly Canal, and Richelieu River in Canada form the Lakes to Locks Passage, making a tourist attraction of the former waterway linking eastern Canada to the Erie Canal.

Chambly Canal

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Lock in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu flooded during the 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Floods

The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly.

Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal form the U.S. portion of the Lakes to Locks Passage.