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That's part of the Ohio & Erie Canal[1], not the same canal as the Erie Canal[2] in the OP, that runs through upstate New York.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_and_Erie_Canal [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal

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Upstate is considered what area, everything above new york city?

These days, people north of the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley and the southern part of the Adirondacks often call those northern counties "Northern New York" or "North Country."

I'm not really going to try to resolve the definition except to say that no part of New York is in Ohio.

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