Q: Has Route 18 (along the lake) been considered?

A: Yes, but it is already part of a nationally designated byway (Great Lakes Seaway Trail and Lake Ontario State Parkway). Therefore, the proposed corridor travels another state road.

Q: What places are you looking to include on the corridor?

A: Places and sites associated with Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, Abolitionists, and Freedom Seekers

Q: Harriet Tubman didn’t come through here. Can other places be included?

A: Yes. Sites and places associated with the Underground Railroad, Abolitionists, and Freedom Seekers will be considered for inclusion.

C: Include Joseph Pickard/Canal Rescue

C: Lockport presents URR stories to students

C: There was a pastor who lost his clergy for speaking up against slavery

C: The Historical Society does tours about Aaron Moselle

C: Include Arthur Ray

C: Some people do not value tourism

C: There are a lot of homes with hidden rooms that hid people

C: Lewiston has a “house of many cellars”

C: I would like to see what I can do to help with this wonderful project! I will ask in my community for more information and get people involved. I’m so excited to be a part of this amazing endeavor.

C: Include Lewiston Episcopal Church and Cemetery (including Enslaved Persons who died while traveling the railroad)

C: Other stories to research: George Goines, Aaron Mossell (African American History, but not URR)