Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Champlain Canal at Mechanicville, NY
Looking at this postcard, it isn't very difficult to imagine my grandparents navigating the Champlain Canal with their family on board. At this spot, heading south, their trip would almost be over and soon they could rest in Waterford. Benjamin and Edith Mylott may have been as far north as Montréal or Sorel or perhaps only up to Whitehall. Whatever the distance, it must have felt good to be back on land and with family in Waterford at the end of the long trip.
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