Join the Friends of the Mohawk Scenic Byway as we celebrate 200 years of the Erie Canal.

Here are a few of the events we will be hosting, participating in, and sponsoring:

• March 22 and 23, 2025 – Adirondack Sports and Fitness Summer Expo, Saratoga Springs
• May 18 – 19, 2025 – Waterford Canal Festival
• June 7, 2025 – National Trails Day Ride, 10 AM in Clifton Park along the Erie Canal
• July 12 – Scavenger Hunt and Tour celebrating 200 Years of Innovations along the Erie Canal
• September 5 – 7, 2025 – Tugboat Roundup, Waterford, highlighting the working boats that assure smooth, efficient navigation on the Erie Canal.
• September 13 – Spindle City Canal Site Tour and scavenger hunt
• September 20 and 21, 2025 – Clifton Park Farm Fest featuring our agricultural heritage based along the Erie Canal,
• September 27, 2025 – Commemorative Concert – An Erie Canal Celebration Through Song and Stories, Old Songs, Inc., 37 S Main St, Voorheesville, NY 12186
• October 11 and 12 – Canal Festival at Vischer Ferry
• Grand Solute to the Seneca Chief as the barge comes down the Erie Canal to re-enact the ceremonial opening of the Canal in 1825; and
• October 19 – The Annual Mohawk Towpath Byway Duathlon from Riverview Orchards, Rexford.

Your membership in the Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Byway is for the calendar year. If you have not joined our active group or renewed your membership for 2025 do it now.