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Together with the steep slopes of the Cuyahoga Valley, waterways are the Valley's defining features. The Cuyahoga River and its many tributaries give structure not just to the natural systems and ecology of the Valley, but also provide the underlying logic which shaped development patterns, including where we live, work, recreate and travel to and through the Valley. The health of the entire system of waterways determines whether the Valley is a place of prosperity and genuine community. The waterways are the foundation for the Valley's renewal. |
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+ Ohio & Erie Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal lifted the lower Cuyahoga Valley to regional
importance. Opened from Lake Erie at Cleveland to Akron in 1827, and completed to the Ohio
river at Portsmouth in 1832, it became the first canal built west of the Appalachians.
Cleveland, with its lake shipping access to the Erie Canal at Buffalo- and hence its
connection to the markets of New York City- became an exchange point for a wide variety of
agricultural products and finished goods.
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