This canal in Upstate New York connects towns, monuments, and outdoor activities for everyone from boaters to history buffs ...

The program addresses the history of food supply in the U.S. and the Erie Canal's importance to the midwestern grain industry ...

The Feigle-Fisk Road bridge over the Erie Canal in Pendleton will be closed for repairs beginning Monday. The job, which entails refurbishing the concrete deck, will be ongoing through early ...

The Deep Cut refers to conquering of the Niagara Escarpment which, as the canal was under construction, blocked access to Lake Erie. Laborers in the western section — the last section of the ...

SKANEATELES — Though this year marks the bicentennial of the start of construction of the Erie Canal, it is always a good time to talk about the man-made waterway that stretches nearly 400 miles ...

The Erie Canal opened on Oct. 26, 1825, providing overland water transportation between the ­­Hudson River on the east and Lake Erie at the western end.

Community leaders share how the construction of the Erie Canal impacted the Haudenosaunee people. The Erie Canal helped build a nation, but devastated the Haudenosaunee. Leaders of the ...

I’ve got a mule, her name is Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She’s a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on ...

Erie Canal construction started on July 4, 1817 ROME, N.Y. – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered.

As the Erie Canal turns 200 years old this October, the Watervliet Historical Society & Museum is celebrating the vital role the city played in the operations of the history-changing landmark.

The third version is the current canal or, as the geeks say, the Barge Canal. Construction began in 1905 and was completed by 1917. So if your answer was three or four, you were correct. Q.

The Erie Canal Museum will host Rex Lyons, coach of the Haudenosaunee Nationals, and Mike Beardsley, Sullivan Town Historian at Chittenango Middle School as part of a free educational talk next ...