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Watershed Conservation Plan - Destination Erie

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of the lake plain and upland areas between stream valleys. Many of the stream valleys also contain visible<br />

remnants of human alterations to streams from the mill and canal era of the 1800s, such as "earthworks"<br />

associated with mill races and unfilled sections of the former <strong>Erie</strong> Extension Canal.<br />

Selected examples of these features are summarized in Table 5.1. This table should not be viewed as a<br />

comprehensive inventory, but rather a starting point for demonstrating the potential for developing streamassociated<br />

educational/scenic tours within our watershed. One exemplary feature that would seem to hold<br />

great promise for a central tourism theme is the <strong>Erie</strong> Extension Canal. Traces of the former canal are visible<br />

at numerous locations from the southernmost portion of the watershed north of Conneaut Lake in Crawford<br />

County to the West Slip adjacent to Dobbins Landing in the City of <strong>Erie</strong>. A small museum focusing on the<br />

canal

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