One of the built-in advantages that the Erie Canal and New York state had was geology ... it’s kind of fascinating when you look at the map of the country, there’s just this singular point ...

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 ...

Thousands of volunteers across New York State will be out helping to clean ... Park Manager for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park Dan Wiles said 200 years after it first opening, the Erie Canal ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — In a spirited lead-up to Earth Day, over 3,000 volunteers have mobilized across New York State to participate ... cleaning up the 524-mile Erie Canal system and the 400-mile ...

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.

The Erie Canalway Trail continues to receive high levels of use year after year, according to the newly released Who’s on the Trail 2024: Canalway Trail report from Parks & Trails New York and the New ...

Among the sites mentioned is the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park in Port Byron, which visitors can access from the village or the New York State Thruway. Speaking for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park ...

Built between 1817 and 1825, the Erie Canal provided a water route ... standardized the chart scales covering the canal, moving away from the 64 irregularly shaped paper charts in chart 14786, New ...

Stratton said, “2025 is the ultimate year to participate in the Canalway Challenge, as New York State and the nation commemorate 200 years of the Erie Canal. Our goal is to make the Erie Canal ...

If you’ve ever navigated on the Erie ... the canal, so they’re a little bit scared,” said Kelly Maloney, senior project manager for Gilbane Building Co., referring to the New York State ...