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The Erie Canal: The man-made waterway that transformed the US
Two hundred years ago, it helped spread people, ideas and goods across the US. Now, it's become a paddler's paradise with more than 700 miles of continuous, navigable waterways.
For me, post-paddle exploration meant a ramble around Amsterdam, a gem of a small city (population 18,000) with a lovely waterfront; a castle-like 19th-Century armory-turned-hotel; and a park, complete with a waterfall named for native son and Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas. Beth Walker and Sara Catalano (no relation to the author), a mother-daughter paddling team behind the Instagram account Two Gals on the Canal, developed new relationships as they kayaked the entire 363-mile length of the Erie, in segments, over a two-year period. Or paddle into the Hudson River to explore Troy, which has one of the largest concentrations of Gilded Age architecture in the country, and capital city Albany, home to a burgeoning food and craft beer, cider and spirits movement.
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