For Immediate Release

Contact:

(518) 486-1868 | news@parks.ny.gov

 

June 03, 2025

***Media Advisory***

200 Years of the Erie Canal: Ribbon Cutting for Site Improvements and New Interpretive Signs at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

Video/Photo Op

Who:  New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) representatives

What:  Join OPRHP to celebrate site improvements and new interpretive signs marking the bicentennial of the Erie Canal

When: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (today)

Where: Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

             129 Schoharie St. Fort Hunter, NY 12069

 

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