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 ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County ... molasses cookies shaped like a canal boat, crafted using a customized cookie ...

WATERFORD — The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor invites New Yorkers to be part of the Erie Canal Bicentennial by taking up the Canalway Challenge in 2025. The free program welcomes ...

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 ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated Apr 15, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie ... and boat tours are available. Other remnants are no longer visible, and the canal is ...

In a news release, the office announced this week that the Seneca Chief, a replica of the boat New York Gov. Dewitt Clinton traveled on while celebrating the Erie Canal’s opening in 1825 ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A bicentennial anniversary is right around the corner for the Erie Canal ... its replica canal boat, created by Cake Place in Avon. The group also announced a free season ...