Niagara Falls is a go-to spot for tourists and honeymooners and was even home to the first hydropower station, built shortly ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Erie Canal’s bicentennial season kicked off in Pittsford on Saturday. It marks the return of Corn Hill Navigation’s two ships, Sam Patch and Mary Jemison, to the Erie ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present, and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. We are diving deep ...

The Erie Canal, a major achievement in transportation infrastructure that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and ignited American economic development, was completed on this day in ...

Luther Blount first steered a passenger boat through the Erie Canal, a waterway that was becoming ... 84, whose three ships are among tens of thousands of recreational vessels that now traverse ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

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Work is underway to celebrate and remember the past two centuries of the Erie Canal. The Erie County Historical Commission has been working to prepare for the year ahead. All the preparation is ...

CAMILLUS, N.Y. — Of the 32 aqueducts constructed in the first enlargement of the Erie Canal in the 1840s, only one still stands. Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct in Camillus is the only Erie Canal ...

The Erie Canal shaped Rochester's growth, evolving from an economic engine to a multi-use resource. Without the Erie Canal, Rochester's development would have been vastly different. The canal ...

September 2025 is the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825 and is recognized for its groundbreaking transformation in travel. Here are some facts about the canal. How deep is the ...