This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.tompkins/5029/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Free Public Lecture: "The History of the Erie Canal and Current Issues Facing New York State Canals" - Presented by Dan Wiles, Canal Boat Captain - Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 39 South Street, Trumansburg, New York (607) 387-6666 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytompki/ulysses/ulysses_hs.htm Experience the rich history of the Erie Canal, an engineering marvel of the 19th century in this free public lecture presented by Canal Boat Captain Dan Wiles. Captain Wiles will guide you along the history of this 363-mile-long waterway completed in 1825 to link the Hudson River in the east to Lake Erie in the west. He also will discuss the 21st century issues facing the state's canals. Captain Wiles of Skaneateles, N.Y., is the captain of the canal boat Emita II and a member of the New York State Canal Recreation Way Committee.