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The New York State Canal Corporation offers TRANSalerts an email service to its customers to inform them of major Canal incidents and emergencies that may affect navigation on the New York State Canal System.

Sign up for Email Alerts

Please review the Canal Corporation's TRANSalert Disclaimer and Privacy Policy This link opens a new window  before signing up for this service.

A valid email address is required.  Fill out the required information and submit the form below.  After you have submitted the form, you will receive a confirmation email.  Please follow the instructions in that email to confirm and activate your subscription.  You will not receive any email alerts until your subscription has been activated.

Step 1: Enter Name and Email Address:

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Step 2: * Select message length:

Email alerts can be sent to any device capable of receiving email or text messages, including personal computers and mobile devices (cell phones, PDAs and text pagers).

Note: Email messages from this service may exceed 160 characters. Before using this service with your cell phone or other mobile device please read and understand how this service will format and send messages. This link opens a new window 

  • Standard email: Select this format if you will be retrieving your emails on a personal computer.  Messages will contain more than 160 characters per email.  This format may also be used with some mobile devices like PDAs or Blackberry devices that can handle email messages larger than 160 characters.

  • Short message: Select this format if you will be retrieving your email on a mobile device (cell phone, pager, etc.) that is typically limited to 160 characters or less.

   


Step 3: * Select the months to be alerted:

             


Step 4: * Select Canal Section(s):

           

Step 5: * Agree to Terms and Submit Data:

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NOTICE: Effective November 1, 2009, New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1225-d prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from using any portable electronic device while such vehicle is in motion. In this regard, portable electronic device includes, but is not limited to, cell phones, personal digital assistants, handheld devices with mobile data access, laptop computers, pagers, broadband personal communication devices and other portable computing devices. This prohibition applies to viewing, taking or transmitting images, and to composing, sending, reading, viewing, accessing, browsing, transmitting, saving or retrieving email, text messages or other electronic data.

Hold Feature: The Canal Corporation offers a "Hold" feature that will allow you to place your subscription on hold.  TRANSalert emails will not be sent to your email address while in hold status. This option may be useful if you are going on vacation and do not want to receive emails during that time. 

After you submit your information and activate your subscription, you will be able to use the "Hold" feature by simply updating your profile information and checking the "Hold" option.

The New York State Canal Corporation does not use email addresses or other information provided for any purposes other than their original intended use. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. This link opens a new window 

TRANSalert Disclaimer

The New York State Canal Corporation (Canal Corporation) provides these email alerts as a public service planning tool. The Canal Corporation endeavors to publish the most accurate, up-to-date information available. However, because canal conditions change rapidly, the Canal Corporation cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. There are often delays between the time an incident occurs and the time it is reported to the Canal Corporation and posted to the TRANSalert information system. Also, incidents may exist that have not yet been reported to the Canal Corporation. Therefore, these email alerts are intended for general information purposes and the Canal Corporation advises all receivers of these alerts that they should not be relied upon without independent verification.

The Canal Corporation, its officers, employees and agents, shall not be liable for, and recipients of these email alerts expressly agree not to make any charges or claims for, damages or losses of any kind arising out of receipt or inability to receive these email alerts, the use or reliance on these alerts or their content, or any computer or software problems experienced in association with these alerts. The Canal Corporation will not provide any technical support for receivers of these email alerts.

The information in these email alerts is the property of the Canal Corporation. Receivers of these email alerts shall not sell, use in any process for value added product, or otherwise distribute for profit in any form, any portion of these email alerts or the information contained therein without the express written permission of the Canal Corporation.

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