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 full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat “Seneca Chief” is wintering in Lockport’s Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the ...

The “Seneca Chief” is a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, nearly 200 years ago. It is set to make that same trip in May 2025 to celebrate the canal’s ...

Volunteer boat builders at Canalside’s Longshed Building have been busy working on a replica of the Erie Canal-era Seneca Chief for the past few years, lofting the boat, planing stock ...

Dudley, 42, went to the Buffalo Maritime Center several years ago wanting to make a career change from working as a carpenter to becoming a boat builder. He has been with the Seneca Chief project ...

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 ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A full-sized replica of the boat Seneca Chief that opened the Erie Canal in 1825 passed through Rochester on Wednesday during its tour of communities across the state.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dozens of folks were cheering at the sound of the horn on Tuesday, as the replica Seneca Chief boat was carried out from the Buffalo Maritime Center's Longshed. "I wanted to be ...

MEDINA — History, in the form of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief, will dock at 1 Canal Basin next Monday and Friday. Both days consist of live music, food trucks, engaging speaker series ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...