Considered a marvel of engineering, the canal opened in Oct. 26, 1825, with great fanfare and became an engine of growth of ...

The Erie Canal Bicentennial Festival is gearing up to celebrate New York's canal-side communities with a week full of events.

The two-time GRAMMY award-winning Albany Symphony will perform Thursday, July 3 at the newly re-opened Harbor Point in Utica, ...

The New York State Canal Corporation has launched a new pilot program utilizing goats to manage vegetation on the steep, ...

The Bicentennial Business Bash is taking place all over Lockport today. The bash, organized by Lockport Main Street Inc., is ...

Gov. Mike DeWine will attend and speak at Newark's Ohio & Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration on June 28 at downtown Newark's ...

Harbor Point, Utica's newest park area, will be the site of a music festival celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal.

As we celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, it’s important to recognize its crucial role in the Underground Railroad ...

The Erie Canal was completed 200 years ago, but you won’t need a time machine to witness the events that led up to the ...

Executive director of Erie Canal Museum is ready for its moment in the sun: the bicentennial of the canal's opening.

Why would Governor De Witt Clinton take the risk in building a 363-mile canal, nearly ten times the length of any existing Canal in the fledgling United States, to wed the waters of Lake Erie with the ...

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill invites readers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Ohio and Erie Canal's ...