Get Involved: Awards Program
The Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence celebrates significant places in the National Heritage Corridor where people have come together to make their part of the Corridor a vibrant place to live, work, or play.  
 
2011 Heritage Award Recipients
Congratulations! The Commission is pleased to recognize the Restored 1842 Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct at the Camillus Erie Canal Park as the recipient of the 2011 Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence. Honorable Mention was awarded to the Verona Beach Lighthouse and the Delta Sonic Heritage Farm at the Buffalo Zoo.
 
Award winning sites offer not only inspiration, but strategies that work. Find out what makes each site great and pick up a few tips from our recipients.
 

		Restored 1842 Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, Camillus   Daring to dream big is the cornerstone of this project... more >
		Verona Beach Lighthouse, Town of Verona   A beacon on the shores of Oneida Lake serves as an outstanding model of citizen action... more >
		Delta Sonic Heritage Farm at the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo   Children discover Buffalo's canal heritage at the zoo... more >
Previous Heritage Award of Excellence Recipients
		Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum, Chittenango (2010) more >
		Village of Brockport (2009) more >
		Canal Place, Little Falls (2008) more >
		School Street Hydroelectric Facility, Brookfield Renewable Power, Cohoes (2008) more >
Previous Honorable Mention Recipients
		Historical Murals of Lyons, Lyons (2010) more >
		Mohawk Towpath Byway, Waterford and Cohoes to Schenectady (2010)more >
		Erie Canal Discovery Center and Lockport Visitor's Center, Lockport (2009) more>
		Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum, Spencerport (2009) more >
		Fort Plain Free Library, Fort Plain (2008) more >
		Historic Palmyra's Wm. Phelps General Store and Home, Palmrya (2008) more >