Canalway Water Trail Map

The canalway water trail map was released last year as part of the New York State Canalway Water Trail initiative.  The Canal Corporations website says the initiative hopes to “establish a coordinated ‘trail’ with boat launches and campsites along the shores of the 524-mile New York State Canal System, encouraging more types of motorized and non-motorized boaters to explore this historic resource.”

Available on the Canal Coporation website at http://www.canals.ny.gov/maps/water-trail/index.html. This is an excellent map for a day user.  It has map annotations for each access point along the canal and detailed information pertaining to each access points amenities, parking and utilities (bathrooms!).  The map was made using google maps so navigating the map should be easy to those who have used google maps before.

The Canal Corporation has also posted an XML file with all the data contained in the map (minus the images).  Score one for the state.  I think this was a great idea for a number of reasons.  I know I have already used it.

Happy Paddling!

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