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 On October 14, 2025, the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief made Schenectady the 20th stop on its Erie Canal Bicentennial trip from Buffalo to New York City. [click on thumbnail at the head of this paragraph for its Itinerary and Map.] The Seneca Chief docked at Schenectady’s Mohawk Harbor Marina, but this posting shows its approach on the Mohawk River as well scenes from its welcome ceremony at the Marina. 

ON THE MOHAWK 

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with the C.L.Churhill Tugboat

County Sheriff’s Boat

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AT THE MOHAWK HARBOR MARINA

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PLANTING OF THE WHITE PINE TREE OF PEACE

The crew of the Seneca Chief brought a gift for each city on the interary of its Erie Canal Bicentennial journey: an evergreen tree that they called a White Pine of Peace. On Sunday November 9, 2025, the Tree given to the City and the County of Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor on October 14, 2025 was planted in a community event on the West Lawn of Schenectady’s Riverside Park, near Governor’s Lane along the Mohawk River. The meaning of the event, which was organized by Electric City Food Co-op, The Schenectady Foundationand Inner Bliss NY , was explained on the Facebook page of the Food Coop (reproduced in this screen grab):

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