| A | B |
| Buffalo | City connecting Erie Canal |
| Albany | City Connecting Erie Canal |
| Hudson River | River connecting with Erie Canal |
| Lake Erie | city of Buffalo is located on |
| DeWitt Clinton | Governor of New York |
| goods | veggies/ grain/people |
| locks | changed the water level |
| towpath | used by mules to pull barges |
| barges | flat boats that carried goods etc. |
| mules | animals that pulled the barges |
| clintons big ditch | name of Erie canal |