Many leading Hoosiers saw canals as a solution to the state’s transportation problems. The Erie Canal had opened in upstate ...

In 1995, Tammee Poinan Grimes’s parents purchased a 60-foot-long tour boat to use for sightseeing cruises along the Erie Canal. The expense of shipping the boat from San Francisco to Upstate New ...

Significant rainfall throughout the end of April and early May created high flows and unsafe conditions along the eastern and central Erie Canal, Champlain Canal, and Oswego Canal. As a direct ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – With the New York State Canal set to open for its Bicentennial year, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the NYS Canal Corporation have announced a list of ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Erie Canal’s bicentennial season kicked off in Pittsford on Saturday. It marks the return of Corn Hill Navigation’s two ships, Sam Patch and Mary Jemison, to the Erie ...

NYS Canal Corporation delays Erie Canal opening after heavy rains Officials in rural Texas are accused of paying campaign worker who told elderly people how to vote: docs Shohei Ohtani Jokingly ...

Three artists spent a year photographing the Erie Canal as part of an artist residency program. The Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence program is a partnership between NY Canal Corporation and The ...

On February 22, 1832, Indiana workers broke ground for the Wabash and Erie Canal. The canal’s design also took advantage of the natu­ral course of each river sys­tem on the north-south face of the ...

The Erie Canal navigation season will run from mid-May to mid-October with normal hours of operation, according to a statement Thursday from the New York Power Authority, which controls the canal.

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 ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated May 20, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its story in a new book.