Is there a navigable waterway from Louisville KY to lake Erie? -

Shortest way I can think of would be west down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, north to the Illinois River to Lake Michigan, to Lake Huron, then down to Lake Erie.Another way would be west down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, down to the Gulf of Mexico, up and around the Atlantic Coast and back in through the St. Lawrence Seaway.Neither way is short.