After 1825, travelers and cargo could make the trip from Buffalo to New York City in just 7 days when prior to the canal’s construction the same journey would have taken about a month. This ...

WATERVLIET — On Oct. 26, 1825, then-New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton traveled on the Seneca Chief boat and ceremonially poured a keg of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic Ocean. The event, known as ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — The Erie Canal Bicentennial Festival is gearing up to celebrate New York's canal-side communities with a week full of events. Emily Fritz-Endres, Executive Director of the ...

When completed in 1825 after eight years of work, the Erie Canal was considered one of the great engineering marvels of the world. Besides stretching 363 miles across New York from the Hudson ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As we celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, it’s important to recognize its crucial role in the Underground Railroad from its inception in 1825 until the early 1860s.

As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered. On July 4 in 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal in Rome, New York.