The replica of the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief, built within the Longshed at Canalside over the course of four years, is off to the next leg of its journey. On Tuesday, May 7 at around 11am ...

On Saturday, May 25, the community is invited to attend an inauguration event, recognizing the completion of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief – the first boat to open the Erie Canal nearly 200 ...

The next time the boats will return to the water will be to celebrate the canal's bicentennial in 2025. MORE: Replica of ...

After four years of construction in the Longshed Building at Canalside, the replica Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief will move out to make way for interior construction and installation of the new ...

The second grant will help welcome the Seneca Chief replica canal boat to the Port of Newark this fall as it makes commemorative bicentennial voyage down the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany.

This year will also include a journey by replica line boat The Seneca Chief along the canal, including its central New York segment, pushed by tugboat. Admission is free and open to the public ...