Annual Report, Issue 58, Part 2 – 1906
A description of the canal is on page 539.

Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for the Fiscal Year Ending 1907
A description of the canal is on page 597.

Canal Case Jury Fails to Agree
Link to a .pdf file of an 1900 New York Times article about the alleged sabotage of the feeder canal.
 

Complete History of Forestport, NY - 1950

A brief history of the canal begins on page 5.

Erie Canal Feeder Breaks
Link to a .pdf file of an 1899 New York Times article about a major break in the canal.
 

Feeder Canal Historic Marker

Includes a brief history of the feeder.

Forestport Feeder Break. March 13, 1906

A historical photo of the disaster.

Forestport Feeder Breaks, c.1898

An extensive set of historical photos of the break and its repair.

Forestport Feeder Canal Images
A set of historical and current photos.

Forestport Feeder Canal images

History of the Canal System of the State of New York – 1906
A report on a break in the canal begins on page 560.

Logging Railroads of the Adirondacks
A brief history of the lumber industry in Forestport and the railroad system developed to transport logs from the forests to the sawmills and in turn the canal is on page 8.
 

New York State Archives: Digital Collections
A collection of historical photos.

New York State Historical Newspapers
A set of articles making reference to the canal.

The Forestport Breaks

A history of the 1898 break.

The Forestport Breaks

A brief history of the various breaks made in the canal near the turn of the century.

The Forestport  Breaks: A Nineteenth Century Conspiracy Along The Black River Canal
Excerpt from a book about the conspiracy to sabotage the canal.
 

The Growth of a Century as Illustrated in the History of Jefferson County
A brief account of the collapse of the Forestport dam and the resulting damage begins on page 10.
 

Water rushes through a break in the Forestport Feeder canal levee, 1899

A historical photo of the break.