-The canal impacted the state's agricultural development, modifying theories of land use and altering the notion of land value to include proximity to the canal. The access to new markets and decreased shipping costs that the canal
provided drew farmers from across the northeast to the canal. Western New York was developing at a feverish pace, but it was not the only part of the state that benefited from the economics of the Erie Canal.
provided drew farmers from across the northeast to the canal. Western New York was developing at a feverish pace, but it was not the only part of the state that benefited from the economics of the Erie Canal.