Erie Canal Guide America’s Original Superhighway
Erie Canal

The Locks of the Erie Canal

Every lock from the Hudson at Troy to Lake Erie at Buffalo — 35 in all, each lifting boats along New York’s original superhighway. Verified from the NYS Canal Corporation.

Troy Federal Federal
Troy Mile 153.90 · 14′ lift
E2 NYS
Waterford Mile 0.63 · 33.6′ lift
E3 NYS
Waterford Mile 1.09 · 34.5′ lift
E4 NYS
Waterford Mile 1.60 · 34.5′ lift
E5 NYS
Waterford Mile 1.87 · 33.3′ lift
E6 NYS
Crescent Mile 2.15 · 33.0′ lift
E7 NYS
Vischer Ferry Mile 13.07 · 27.0′ lift
E8 NYS
Scotia Mile 24.04 · 14.0′ lift
E9 NYS
Rotterdam Mile 29.07 · 15.0′ lift
E10 NYS
Cranesville Mile 35.02 · 15.0′ lift
E11 NYS
Amsterdam Mile 39.29 · 12.0′ lift
E12 NYS
Tribes Hill Mile 43.52 · 11.0′ lift
E13 NYS
Yosts Mile 53.12 · 8.0′ lift
E14 NYS
Canajoharie Mile 60.95 · 8.0′ lift
E15 NYS
Fort Plain Mile 64.30 · 8.0′ lift
E16 NYS
St. Johnsville Mile 71.02 · 20.5′ lift
E17 NYS
Little Falls Mile 78.99 · 40.5′ lift
E18 NYS
Jacksonburg Mile 83.19 · 20.0′ lift
E19 NYS
Frankfort Mile 95.04 · 21.0′ lift
E20 NYS
Whitesboro Mile 105.32 · 16.0′ lift
E21 NYS
New London Mile 123.42 · 25.0′ lift
E22 NYS
New London Mile 124.74 · 25.1′ lift
E23 NYS
Brewerton Mile 153.65 · 6.9′ lift
E24 NYS
Baldwinsville Mile 172.42 · 11.0′ lift
E25 NYS
May's Point Mile 203.11 · 6.0′ lift
E26 NYS
Clyde Mile 208.94 · 6.0′ lift
E27 NYS
Lyons Mile 220.99 · 12.5′ lift
E28A NYS
Lyons Mile 222.27 · 19.5′ lift
E28B NYS
Newark Mile 226.25 · 12.0′ lift
E29 NYS
Palmyra Mile 236.04 · 16.0′ lift
E30 NYS
Macedon Mile 239.02 · 16.4′ lift
E32 NYS
Pittsford Mile 255.14 · 25.1′ lift
E33 NYS
Rochester Mile 256.40 · 25.1′ lift
E34-35 NYS
Lockport Mile 320.68 · 24.6′ lift
Black Rock Federal
Buffalo Mile 8.30 · 6′ lift