Albany's canal (4)
I believe the answer is:
erie
'albany's canal' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "Spooky-sounding" , "Lake between Canada and the US" , "N. American lake" , "One of the Great Lakes" , "The lake sounds weird" .)