Description Tonawandas Gateway Harbor is North of Buffalo in Western New York. This is where the Erie Canal meets the Niagara River. The mules and boat depicted at the top of the gate shows the original means of travel on the Erie Canal. Today this is a popular boating area in the Summer with free concert series as well as restaurants and museums such as the Allan Herschell Carrousel Museum, the Riviera Theatre (photos also shown in this gallery) and the Long Homestead nearby.