Asked in Erie Canal
Erie Canal
What is the name of the type of boat that travels on the Erie Canal?
192021
Answer
Wiki User
11/29/2017
Some used the name packet boats for the Erie Canal. Others
called them barges or keelboats.
Wiki User
02/22/2007
They were barges.
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