What Canal allows a navigable water route from New York City to the Great Lakes and was created shortly after Blackstone River Valley?
Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal). Originally, it ran 363 mi from Albany, on the Hudson River, to Buffalo, at Lake Erie. It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. When completed in 1825, it was the second longest canal in the world (after the Grand Canal in China) and greatly affected the development and economy of New York, New York City, and the United States.
Cross River (New York) The Cross River is a short river in southern New York State that rises near the hamlet of Cross River in the township of Lewisboro. After its rising point, it makes a loop, heading SE, then SW, then NW, and finally west. It continues a few miles in that direction until it ends up in the Cross River Reservoir, a part of the New York City Watershed System. It flows out of the spillway at the end of the reservoir and joins the Croton River in Katonah.