Old Erie Canal Heritage Park- Port Byron

06/10/2026

06/07/2026

06/05/2026

Updates of the current restoration work on the Lois McClure canal schooner at the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park in Port Byron

06/05/2026

https://dispatchesfromsamuelcenter.org/2026/06/05/new-growth-at-old-erie-canal/

Correspondent Andrea Seamans reported that Port Byron High School agricultural science students devoted time to planting gardens at the Erie House. These students grew the plants in the school& #821…

05/31/2026

https://dispatchesfromsamuelcenter.org/2026/05/31/port-byron-and-looking-east/

Here’s part of another photo from the CSNY archives. I’ll expand the range of the photo following this part. According to Mike Riley, it was “taken from what is now Rt 38, or Cana…

05/27/2026

Here’s a sample of the impressive work Bill Hecht does cleaning up/restoring historic photos in the CSNY collection. The photo is entitled Erie House in the file I received; that title as wel…

05/18/2026

It’s National Museum Day!

We’d LOVE to have you visit The Old Erie Canal Heritage Park- Port Byron!
Our location is a combination of a Museum and a Park!

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the opening of the park and we now have the recent addition of The “Lois McClure,” replica canal schooner, in the park for you to see here too!

The Park & Welcome Center are open daily from May 1st until October 31st from 9AM - 6PM with FREE admission.

More info:
https://newyorkcanals.org/the-heritage-park

We hope to see you this season!


Canal Society of New York State