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template: byway.jade
id: "57185"
name: Mohawk Towpath Byway
distance: "26.2"
duration: "Take 40 minutes to drive the byway or a day or two to experience the history, recreational opportunities, and unique communities."
description: "Visit New York's historic canal system and see the locks and bridges that made canal transport possible for almost two centuries. The Mohawk Towpath Byway links scenic, recreational, and historic resources. Architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries endures, as do the landscape and the perseverance of the canal builders."
contact: "**Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway Coalition, Inc.**  \r\n 518-383-8565\r\n   \r\n**[Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau](http://www.albany.org/)**  \r\n 25 Quackenbush Square,    \r\n Albany, NY 12207  \r\n 800-258-3582  \r\n 518-434-1217  \r\n Fax: 518-434-0887"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.mohawktowpath.org/"
    name: Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway
  - url: "https://www.dot.ny.gov/display/programs/scenic-byways?nd=nysdot"
    name: New York State Scenic Byways Program
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - New York State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NY
ll: 
  - -73.73285699995057
  - 42.823792000000765
bounds: 
  - - -73.94415299976112
    - 42.775612000393494
  - - -73.68231199999991
    - 42.85621999985307

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Visit New York's historic canal system and see the locks and bridges that made canal transport possible for almost two centuries. The Mohawk Towpath Byway links scenic, recreational, and historic resources. Architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries endures, as do the landscape and the perseverance of the canal builders. As you explore, other stories emerge including the area’s natural history, Native American influences on the only water-level route through the Appalachian Mountains, the American Revolution, the role our communities played in the westward expansion of the country and in the Industrial Revolution, the seat of innovation and invention, and family history.