General Information Online Resources

• New York State History and Education: Canal History
• History of Buffalo: Erie Canal Links
• James Fenimor Cooper Society Website: James Fenimor Cooper and the Art of the Erie Canal
• Erie Canal: A Journey through History
• The Erie Canal
• The Erie Canal
• Rochester (Department of History): History of the Erie Canal
• Rochester: Erie Canal Bibliography
• Ballad of the Erie Canal
• Union College: Erie Canal -- 175th Anniversary
• The Erie Canal and DeWitt Clinton
• Whitford's History of New York Canals, Vol. I.
• The Erie Canal Village
• New York State Archives: Erie Canal Time Machine
• Erie Canal Museum

Online Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers

• The Educator's Reference Desk
• PBS Kids: Big Apple History
• Thirteen Ed Online: National Teachers Training Institute "The Madness that Built the Empire State"
• NEH EDSITEment: James Madison: Internal Improvements Balancing Act: Federal/State, Executive/Legislative
• LaGuardia and Wagner Archives: Erie Canal Teacher's Guide
• The Library of Congress: The Learning Page: Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal
• The Erie Canal Time Machine: Resources and Links