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 New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp. and WMHT Public Media are set to launch a multi-platform, multi-media project to commemorate the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. Through a 10 ...

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 ...

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.

The Erie Canal, the most well-known canal in America, cuts across New York state from Buffalo to Albany. The 350-mile canal, which is part of the 524-mile New York State ...

Erie-Canal News: New York State Canal Corporation Donates Retired Workboat, USACE Christened New Derrickboat Kolber, REGULATORY REVIEW: Subchapter M, ...

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.

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.

Besides stretching 363 miles across New York from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, it also was built using a number of then-innovative construction tools and methods that would be implemented in ...