Erie Canal

noun

1. a canal in New York between Albany and Buffalo, connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie: completed in 1825. Compare New York State Barge Canal ( def 2 ).

Erie Canal

noun

1. a canal in New York State between Albany and Buffalo, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie. Length: 579 km (360 miles)

Erie Canal

1. An artificial waterway built across New York state in the early nineteenth century, linking Lake Erie and the Hudson River . The canal opened trade between New York and the midwestern states and aided in the growth of New York City as a port.

Example Sentences

“For the Syracuse area, this is the best thing that’s happened probably since the Erie Canal.”

From Seattle Times

The box also contained a medal that celebrates the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825.

From BBC

There was also an Erie Canal commemorative medal dating to 1826.

From Seattle Times

The flat-bottomed boat carrying local hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of an historic underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal in the western New York city of Lockport, killing one person.

From Seattle Times

“But I thought that’s the role Congress has played since the Erie Canal.”

From New York Times