Old Erie Canal Heritage Park- Port Byron

This past weekend, a small crew of volunteers tidied up the flowerbeds near the Visitors Center's entrances. So grateful for our dedicated volunteers!

Some images from our fundraiser last week in Port Byron. Thank you to Cayuga County CIAO and Doug's Fish Fry and Doug's ToGo for supporting Old Erie Canal Heritage Park- Port Byron! We are truly grateful for our volunteers and to everyone who stopped by to support our Park. One supporter even drove 200 miles each way just for fried dough! Canal Society of New York State

On this blustery day, we found one of the Park's residents quietly taking shelter at the Visitors Center.

#Explore this weekend. Whether it's east or west, north or south, let the Thruway connect you to top destinations across the Empire State including the new Gov.... Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path and the Port Byron Old Erie Canal Heritage Park. #ExploreNY #SummerTravel Old Erie Canal Heritage Park- Port Byron NYS Canal Corporation

We are opening for our 2020 season tomorrow! Please see the attached press release for more information.

A Cooking Challenge! The pages are from a well-used 1899 Italian cookbook that was found during the restoration of the Erie House at the Society's Port Byron Erie Canal Heritage Park. The 1899 date was just a few years after the Italian-immigrant Van Detto family opened the Erie House. Likely, the book was a source for many meals for family and visitors! Would someone like to translate... and maybe make the cookies??

Welcoming the Society's new Executive Director! Past presidents of the Society join Peter Van Detto and Maude in welcoming Cabryn Gurdo to the Society in a part...icularly timely photograph! Peter and Maude are especially grateful as Cabryn will be caring for their Erie House home at Port Byron. Though temporarily closed due to the pandemic, we hope to make it accessible soon! From left to right, Cabryn Gurdo, Dan Wiles, Maude, Peter Van Detto, Kal Wysokowski and Tom Grasso. See more

Erie Canal Heritage Park Opening Postponed! To best protect our volunteers and other staff and visitors, we're postponing our May 1st opening. Please remember to wash your hands but please don't wash your hands of us! We'll be back as soon as possible with new exhibits and old reminders of our canal history such as this wonderful view of the Park's Lock 52 back in the day!!

Greenheart Foreign Exchange Students from 42 different countries visited the Heritage Park yesterday.