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

The 27th annual Cycle the Erie Canal bike tour kicked off on July 12 from Buffalo and will arrive in Albany on July 20.

Paddling along the Erie Canal or one of Western New York’s streams and lakes provides new views that are luring more and more ...

The 90-minute, 5-mile guided tour will take cyclists through Syracuse landmarks related to the Erie Canal, which is ...

The New York State Canal Corporation announced on social media that the Erie Canal’s Lock E-28A in Lyons to Locks E-34 in Lockport will open starting Friday, May 16.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation announced a series of events to celebrate the opening of the 2025 navigation season on the Erie Canal. The Lockport C… ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The eight-day "Cycle the Erie Canal" is underway, it's New York State's largest multi-day bike tour where almost 630 cyclists of all ages are traveling from Buffalo to ...

It is the grave of Jesse Hawley, all but forgotten beyond the historians who revere him. Two hundred years ago today, on the Fourth of July, 1817, construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, N.Y.

When it was completed about seven years later, the Erie Canal was 363 miles long, 40 feet wide and four feet deep, according to “A Brief History of the Erie Canal,” published by the New York ...

With Erie Canal turning 200, WMHT brings New York's economic engine back to life. By Larry Rulison, Staff Writer April 12, 2025. From left, Brian Stratton, Canal Corporation director, Catherine ...