Ma saw me jump.”That’s what Harry Houdini wrote in his diary after his death-defying leap into the Erie Canal in Rochester in ...

Erie Canal Celebrates 200 Years in Lockport Tourists and locals alike marvel at the history and engineering of Locks 34 and ...

The New York Lottery is celebrating the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary with a new Million Dollar Raffle that offers the best ...

A strange spectacle continues to drift along the Erie Canal this week. WXXI's Noelle Evans joined the Flotsam River Circus as ...

As we approach the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, we have a story about a beautiful replica of a 19th century canal boat.

UTICA, N.Y. -- The New York Lottery is getting in on the Erie Canal's bicentennial celebration with a new raffle game. This ...

In less than a month, Oleksandr Levytskyy, 29, of Irondequoit has been arrested and released from custody twice.

Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” a new exhibit at Canalside that tells the story of the Erie Canal 200 years after ...

Nestled in New York’s fertile Mohawk Valley between the Adirondacks to the east and the Finger Lakes to the west, Oneida ...

Read Part 1 of this story. A large flotilla of boats, led by New York’s governor, DeWitt Clinton, made the 10-day trip from Buffalo, across the Erie Canal, and down the Hudson River to New York City, ...

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 ...

Biking New York’s Erie Canal: Lessons from two cross-state journeys One writer's advice on biking the state's Canalway Trail, including manners on the trail, staying safe ...