A portion of the canal and towpath at the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, which encompasses a 36-mile segment of the original Erie Canal's Long Level section (meaning flat enough not to require locks) that extends westward from this location in the town of DeWitt, just east of Syracuse, to the outskirts of Rome, New York. The park includes restored segments of the canal's waterway and towpath which were in active use between 1825 and 1917. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2018.