Excerpt from A Geography of Saratoga County, State of New York The Champlain canal with its barges and tows has taken the place of the Indian canal and the log rafts of the early settlers. A ride may be had on it from Whitehall at the head of Lake Champlain to Fort Edward; thence down the east bank of the Hudson river to near the southeast corner of Northumberland where it crosses the Hudson and follows the west bank down to Waterford and Albany. What would the boats likely be loaded with going south 2. Going north fi And in the place of the Mohawk we can now travel on the Erie canal from Albany thru Albany county to Crescent where it crosses the Mohawk to its north bank and runs along its banks to Rexford Flats where it leaves this county, but we may go to Schenectady and on west to Buf falo and Lake Erie. Tell what the boats would likely be loaded with going either_'way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.