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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – To celebrate the Erie Canal and its modern day use, the National Park Service and New York State Canal Corporation are challenging people to get outside. The challenge, which ...

Canadian writer Dan Rubinstein lashed camping gear to his stand-up paddleboard and embarked on an improbable solo voyage that would take him more than 1,200 miles on ...