See our most stunning 10 photos from a summer paddling the Erie Canal

Dew glows from the sun hitting it as it rolls off the Erie Canal along Pittsford Victor Road in Perinton on Aug. 18, 2025.

A Great blue heron hunts along the Erie Canal in Perinton on June 17, 2025.

A view of the sun setting on the Erie Canal from the boat launch area of German Flatts Town Park on Sept. 14, 2025.

A family tries their luck fishing in a shallower area where the Seneca River splits up around Haiti Island in Port Byron on Aug. 16, 2025. This wooded area of the river is considered part of the Erie Canal and is also part of the Howland Island Wildlife Management Area.

Kayakers head under a guard gate as they paddle to a lock during the paddle the five locks of the Waterford Flight event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal in Waterford on June 22, 2025.

A couple of men look for a good spot to fish along the Erie Canal in Chili on July 18, 2025. The two had been going up and down a stretch of the canal between the airport and Genesee River. Behind them are the Omsted Bridges that connects trails in Genesee Valley Park that were separated by the canal.

A few older homes, shown May 22, 2025, were built along the Erie Canal and near the lift bridge in Hulberton.

Paddle the five locks of the Waterford Flight event, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, was held in Waterford on June 22, 2025. The five locks bypass Cohoes Falls and raises or descends boats 169 feet over a series of five locks over 1.5 miles.