The solar system includes moons (and some of those moons have moons), supernova explosions, comets, meteors, asteroids, and plain old space dust. To be sure, there are more objects in our solar system, some of which have yet to be discovered.
The canal was not complete in 1825, however. Many years after opening, people decided the canal needed to be a bit wider and larger. People wanted to connect more waterways to the Erie Canal in order to get full use out of the canal system. So, between 1836 and 1862 the Erie Canal was made wider and was connected to other canals.
In the Beginning. The Erie Canal was first proposed in 1768 because settlers needed a way to travel from the East Coast to the land they were settling. They needed to be able to get produce and materials. The proposal to build the canal was finally passed in 1808 and the digging began in 1817.