Erie Canal
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- proper noun
- /ˈɪəri kəˈnæl/
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Canal de Erie
- But he had the initiative of his time and place, and so, promising to come back for her as soon as he was settled, he left the village for the west, traveling on foot to Albany, then taking a barge on the Erie Canal.
- Erie Canal to Lake
- Erie Canal from Buffalo
- Erie Canal to Lake Ontario
Examples
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The first to run through Onondaga County, completed in 1839, took much the same route through Syracuse as did the Erie Canal.
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The Erie Canal left the Hudson above Albany... ...and carried clear across to the Great Lakes.
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The Wabash and Erie Canal was part of the route for over 300 Miami Indians.
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Basically, in the 1800s, it was the Erie Canal system that led to the rapid growth of cities in the northeastern US.
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Most significant in this area were the construction of the Erie Canal and the Illinois-Michigan Canal (the latter created the city of Chicago, 1835 to 1852).
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Reforestation began in 19th-century New England when farmers started abandoning marginal pastures and buying cheap feed grain from the rich, relatively flat lands on the other end of the newly opened Erie Canal.
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In 1825, the Erie Canal was completed, connecting Albany and Buffalo in New York.
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Traveling along the Erie Canal, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and tranquil waters.
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The Erie Canal was crucial for trade, allowing goods to be transported across New York.
Synonyms
A system of canals across New York State that links the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
A system of canals in New York State that links the Great Lakes, the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward place name formed from 'Erie' (the lake/place name) + 'canal' (engineered water channel), so its referent — a canal associated with Lake Erie — is directly inferable. The composition follows common proper-noun + noun naming patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Erie Canal is the name of a man-made waterway dug across New York in the early 1800s so boats could travel between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Picture a long, narrow river cut through the land carrying flat boats full of goods, and that image explains why the name means an important 'trade' route that changed many towns.