The Erie Canal Museum is commemorating the final year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025 and has an exciting year of programming on the horizon to explore the last 200 years of Erie Canal history ...

It might seem a stretch to connect an old building on the waterway that bisects Sturgeon Bay with one of the most famous and lengthy canals in the world, but a July 24 program sponsored by the ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

The annual eight-day Parks & Trails Cycle the Erie Canalway bike tour from Buffalo to Albany is 400 miles and 400 years of history but this year’s ride July 12-20, 2025 is particularly special because ...

As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on Oct. 26, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s displacement of Native American communities.

The New York State Canal System, Advance Marine and MelCal Cranes all enjoy a reputation for versatile applications in challenging conditions. It’s no wonder that their recent deal to replace an aging ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, talks about ...

This article originally appeared in the Conversation. Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

ROME, N.Y. — The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so ...

Discover the magic of a New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal. Slow travel back to 1817, when construction began on a waterway to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie. Just eight years ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...