Standing along the historic Erie Canal, the small village of Fairport, New York — home to roughly 5,400 residents — has secured a spot among America’s most competitive housing markets ...

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 ...

On Thursday, July 17, 106 volunteers supporting 505 riders from 36 states, Washington, D.C., Canada and Germany will arrive ...

The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and cultural connection.

(WSYR-TV) — 200 years ago, in 1825, the Erie Canal was fully opened and operational. The waterway did wonders for Canastota, the only village in New York State that has the Erie Canal ...

The marquee bicentennial event is the re-creation of the journey of the Seneca Chief, the packet boat on which New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the canal in 1825. The Buffalo Maritime Center ...

Floyd, N.Y. — A 40-year-old missing man from Rome was found dead in the Erie Canal in the town of Floyd on Sunday, police said. The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team recovered the body ...

A sign marks a 5-mile section of the Erie Canalway Trail at the Pattersonville Trailhead near the intersection of Route 5S and Scotch Church Road, which is part of the 750-mile Empire State Trail ...

New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton said, “When it comes to the Erie Canal, we are always looking for new ways to engage the public, especially our youth.

The public is invited to the Village of Canastota to celebrate the bicentennial of the historic Old Erie Canal the weekend of ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...