Write a commentThe H. Lee White Maritime Museum presents “Colonial Belle and Her Captain” as the final installment of its Erie Canal Bicentennial lecture series.
The event begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at the museum at the north end of West First Street Pier in Oswego.
“Colonial Belle” is an Erie Canal tour boat that has operated on New York’s canals since 1989. Capt. Tammee Poinan Grimes will give the presentation.
The largest state-funded public works project of the 19th century, the Erie Canal was built in three sections (Western, Middle, Eastern) from Rome and to Buffalo.
Later, four lateral canals (Seneca & Cayuga, Oswego, Chenango and Black River) were constructed in the Middle Division to capitalize on the success of the original canal and connect rural communities with new people, ideas and goods. The productivity of each canal was varied and some were ultimately abandoned, but their influence and legacy on New York State remains today, more than 150 years later.
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum’s History Lecture Series is free and open to the public. The museum and its Treasure Chest Gift Shop are open daily from 1 to 5 p.m. (with extended summer hours) at West First Street Pier in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District.
For more on this event or other programs, contact the museum at 315-342-0480 or visit www.hlwmm.org.
