From there, it was only a matter of time before they expanded the Turnpike both eastward and westward to span the whole state ...

From its beginning on the upper Hudson River near Albany, the canal snaked west through the Mohawk Valley region until it reached Buffalo and Lake Erie ... the Underground Railroad to flee ...

It’s an ambitious project for sure, but researchers hope the data they’re collecting will eventually aid sturgeon restoration efforts in eastern Lake Erie. "Sturgeon species world-wide are ...