This canal in Upstate New York connects towns, monuments, and outdoor activities for everyone from boaters to history buffs ...

The program addresses the history of food supply in the U.S. and the Erie Canal's importance to the midwestern grain industry ...

The Feigle-Fisk Road bridge over the Erie Canal in Pendleton will be closed for repairs beginning Monday. The job, which entails refurbishing the concrete deck, will be ongoing through early ...

Brighton, N.Y. — 600 cyclists are marking the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a journey across the Empire State. The ...

I’ve got a mule, her name is Sal Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal She’s a good old worker and a good old pal Fifteen miles on ...

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.

SKANEATELES — Though this year marks the bicentennial of the start of construction of the Erie Canal, it is always a good time to talk about the man-made waterway that stretches nearly 400 miles ...

Community leaders share how the construction of the Erie Canal impacted the Haudenosaunee people. The Erie Canal helped build a nation, but devastated the Haudenosaunee. Leaders of the ...

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp. and WMHT Public Media are set to launch a multi-platform, multi-media project to commemorate the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. Through a 10 ...

The Erie Canal opened on Oct. 26, 1825, providing overland water transportation between the ­­Hudson River on the east and Lake Erie at the western end.

A. The 27-mile-long Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. It was in use in 1803 and was one of the first canals built in America. Its engineer was an advocate for the construction of the Erie.

Watervliet city historian Tom Ragosta, right, and his wife, Marylou Ragosta, left, a member of the museum's Board of Directors, stand by one of the Watervliet Historical Society’s Erie Canal ...