Rochester, N.Y. — A bicentennial anniversary is right around the corner for the Erie Canal. Corn Hill Navigation unveiled its plans to host the canal's 200th birthday celebration with a list of ...

In fact, there were commercial canals built before the Erie Canal along this route, including one built in Little Falls by Western Inland Lock Navigation Co. in the late 1700s by Philip Schuyler ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...

How the Erie Canal helped Underground Railroad freedom seekers escape into upstate NY and Canada. Explore the Erie Canal's role as a corridor of resistance for anti-slavery activism, the Second ...

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 Apr 15, 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.

The location borders the Genesee River and an aqueduct from the original Erie Canal constructed in 1825. The lapsed historical site is among the landscapes Rochester native Clara Riedlinger is ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A correction officer with the Erie County Correctional Facility has resigned after he was arrested for allegedly bringing contraband into the jail and providing it to an ...