Written by:
RoadRUNNER Magazine
04/23/2009
Winston-Salem, NC
Part 1: The Great Lakes Seaway Trail
The last glacial period in upstate New York left behind a lush landscape of rivers, lakes, gorges, waterfalls, and fertile land. Navigable waterways instrumental to exploration of the area by pre-colonial Europeans took on strategic importance as France and England laid claim to the territory. Forts were built and armies clashed, including those of a new nation seeking independence. When lasting peace emerged in the 19th century, New York's waterways became superhighways of commerce, connecting the east and west of a rapidly expanding America.
Monday Afternoon: Niagara Falls
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail, the first leg of our 1,100-mile tour of upstate New York's waterways, is a series of marked roads that connect Erie, Pennsylvania to Massena, New York, along the shores of Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River. RoadRUNNER was invited here to sample the riding pleasures of the Seaway Trail by Teresa Mitchell, Executive Director of the Seaway Trail, Inc.
