This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

If ever I were to build a canal across the entire state, I’d select the same day they chose to begin the Erie Canal. Just ...

The greatest challenge was elevation: Lake Erie, the canal’s western terminus ... What do we do with glorious things that have outlived their original intent? When we’re wise, we preserve ...

Across from the painted barn doors is a restored section of the original Erie Canal, completed in 1825. The outdoor mural is a part of Mural Mania’s extensive portfolio, which includes over 80 ...

The historic replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief has arrived at Canalside (from its winter berth in Lockport), marking the official launch of the Erie Canal Boat Summer Series.

The original route spanned 363 miles. From its beginning on the upper Hudson River near Albany, the canal snaked west through the Mohawk Valley region until it reached Buffalo and Lake Erie.

NORTH GREENBUSH — The original Erie Canal was a 4-foot-deep, 40-foot-wide water-filled trench built by the state of New York between Albany and Buffalo when it was officially completed in the ...

Governor Kathy Hochul marked the start of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial navigation season with a $50 million investment to ...

To celebrate the completion of the original Erie Canal, there will be multiple events happening across the canal starting Friday and ending on Oct. 26 with a Bicentennial Voyage of Erie Canal Boat ...

The location borders the Genesee River and an aqueduct from the original Erie Canal constructed in 1825. The lapsed historical site is among the landscapes Rochester native Clara Riedlinger is ...