On September 29th, the Colgate History Club took an excursion to cruise the Erie Canal, in Herkimer, NY. We boarded our Colgate transportation on a Saturday, all excited to explore and learn about the Erie Canal and its long history.
We were all first timers on the Erie Canal and didn’t know too much about the canal before the trip, except for the basics, such as its transportation function, the economic prosperity it brought, and also its impact on indigenous people living around the canal. Although we all had different reasons to go on this trip, everyone greatly enjoyed this experience, combining our love of learning history with a nice boat ride on a beautiful fall day.