Canalway is one of two founding organizations of the Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area.
The Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area preserves and celebrates the rails, trails, landscapes, towns and sites that grew up along the first 110 miles of the canal that helped Ohio and our nation grow. There are four counties represented within the National Heritage Area’s 110 miles, Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark and Tuscarawas.
Canalway focuses on preserving and promoting the National Heritage Area in Cuyahoga County. This includes 11 miles of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, 50 plus miles of America’s Byway, and all of Cuyahoga County’s trails, parks, waterways and historic assets that make the Ohio & Erie Canalway a nationally important landscape.
miles of the Towpath Trail
miles of connector trails
miles of watered canal
National Heritage Areas (NHAs) are designated by Congress as places where natural, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape. Through their resources, NHAs tell nationally important stories that celebrate our nation’s diverse heritage. NHAs are lived-in landscapes.
The Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area recognizes the impact the Ohio & Erie Canal had on the growth of Ohio and the nation. The Ohio & Erie Canal was dug by hand between 1825 and 1832 and followed trail routes once used by Native Americans.
The Ohio & Erie Canal was the first canal west of the Appalachian Mountains, connecting Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Upon completion, people and products flowed across America – from New York City to New Orleans.
You can learn more about the country’s 61 National Heritage Areas via the Alliance of National Heritage Areas.
Canalway ni moja ya mashirika mawili ya mwanzilishi wa Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area. Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area (OECNA) ni eneo la kihistoria la Ohio na Erie, ambalo linahifadhi na kusherehekea reli, njia, mandhari, miji na maeneo yaliyokua kwenye maili 110 za kwanza za mfereji ambao ulisaidia Ohio na taifa letu kukua. Mikoa minne ya Marekani ni pamoja na Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark na Tuscarawas. Canalway inazingatia kuhifadhi na kukuza Eneo la Urithi wa Kitaifa katika Kaunti ya Cuyahoga. Hii inajumuisha maili 11 za Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, maili 50 za America's Byway, na njia zote za Cuyahoga County, mbuga, njia za maji na mali za kihistoria ambazo hufanya Ohio & Erie Canalway kuwa mandhari muhimu kitaifa. Maeneo ya Urithi wa Kitaifa (NHAs) ni maeneo ambayo rasilimali za asili, kitamaduni, na kihistoria huunganishwa ili kuunda mandhari yenye mshikamano, muhimu kitaifa. Kupitia rasilimali zao, NHA husimulia hadithi muhimu za kitaifa ambazo huadhimisha urithi tofauti wa taifa letu. NHA ni mazingira ya kuishi. Eneo la Urithi wa Taifa la Mfereji wa Ohio na Erie linatambua athari ya Mfereji wa Ohio na Erie kwenye ukuaji wa Ohio na taifa. Mfereji wa Erie na Ohio ulijengwa kwa mikono kati ya 1825 na 1832 na ulifuata njia za njia zilizotumiwa na Wenyeji wa Asili wa Amerika. Mfereji wa Ohio na Erie ulikuwa mfereji wa kwanza magharibi mwa Milima ya Appalachian, ukiunganisha Ziwa Erie na Mto Ohio. Baada ya kukamilika, watu na bidhaa zilisafiri kotekote Marekani - kutoka New York City hadi New Orleans. Kwa mfano, kuna maeneo 61 ya Urithi wa Kitaifa nchini Marekani ambayo yanajulikana kama Alliance of National Heritage Areas.