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(More customer reviews)Erie Canal (Great Destinations)
I bought this book because I wanted to plan some summertime trips near my home in upstate New York, and I needed to know details about lodgings, parks, and places to eat. Little did I know that I'd get an education, too: Who knew that Chittenango, NY, was the home of L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Or that Waterford, NY, situated at the meeting of the Erie and Champlain canals, is the oldest incorporated village in the United States? And the author is quirky and fun. She obviously enjoyed the research. Wait `til you read the restaurant writeups. I'm dying to taste the scrumptious pies she describes from Grandma's Country Restaurant in Albany! I've come across a reference to the Rolling Stones (in a travel book on NY's canals?) and was tickled to find, in the Appendix, all the words for "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal." I feel like I'll have a knowledgeable, fun friend with me when I take my trips!
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The Erie Canal: Great Destinations is the first comprehensive travel guide to New YorkState Canals and the communities and attractions found along them.
Each chapter covers one canal,providing historical background as well asinformation on wineries, canal museums,restaurants, lodging, canal cruises and bikepaths in all the major cities, many of the small towns and villages, and the two biggest FingerLakes. The guide offers separate sections onBuffalo, Albany, Syracuse, Utica, and Rochesterand their outlying areas, as well as a chapteron Niagara Falls. With coverage of three smaller canals in the region (the Oswego, Champlain, andCayuga-Seneca) this is undoubtedly the mostextensive guide to the canalways of the state. 100 black-and-white photographs and maps
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