On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:47:28 PM UTC-4, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > No canals near NYC. The one that made New York what it is, the Erie Canal,   
   > reached the Hudson near Albany, about 130 miles north. Canal boats could be   
   > mule-drawn.   
      
   The Gowanus Canal is still operating.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal   
      
   The Morris Canal, site of the Newark City Subway, served Newark, NJ.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Canal   
      
   In the 1930s, people from NYC would travel to the Delaware Canal at New Hope   
   for recreation and bathing.   
      
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