by Eric Hamilton | Oct 20, 2025 | Event, Folklore, Historic Assets, Telling the Byway Stories, Volunteering
This year we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal. The Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway parallels the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal between Waterford, Cohoes, and Schenectady. One of the strongest intrinsic values of our Byway is...
by Eric Hamilton | Aug 24, 2023 | Byway Administration, Event, Marketing and Promotion, Partners, Telling the Byway Stories
Next Friends of the Byway meeting the evening of September 12 at Schenectady Distilling.
by Eric Hamilton | Sep 2, 2022 | Event, Folklore, Historic Assets, Mohawk Towpath, Telling the Byway Stories, tourism experience
The Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway proudly partner with Old Songs, Inc to bring this unique program to the Clifton Park Halfmoon Library on September 24 at 2 PM free admission. This 90-minute musical concert, telling stories of the people, the places, and...
by Eric Hamilton | Oct 8, 2020 | Bringing Tourists to the Byway, Event, Mohawk Towpath, recreational assets
We have once again bridged the historic 1842 enlarged Erie Canal.
by Eric Hamilton | Jan 25, 2018 | Event, Telling the Byway Stories
February is Story Telling month among the Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Byway! For our February 13 meeting we have a guest speaker bringing Native American stories from the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) tradition. Stephanie Fox will provide us with stories...
by Eric Hamilton | Nov 21, 2017 | Bringing Tourists to the Byway, Event, Recreation, recreational assets
Thank you all for a most successful Mohawk Towpath Byway Duathlon! Some 110 competitors started a 2 mile run followed by a 17 mile biking leg and another 2 mile run to finish. I am no economist but this event brought in over $11,000 which was all spent locally...
