BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Seneca Chief boat is being commemorated on Saturday, in celebration of the Erie Canal's bicentennial. The Buffalo Maritime Center had the help of over 200 volunteers ...

The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat “Seneca Chief” is wintering in Lockport’s Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the ...

On Saturday, May 25, the community is invited to attend an inauguration event, recognizing the completion of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief – the first boat to open the Erie Canal nearly 200 ...

The replica of the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief, built within the Longshed at Canalside over the course of four years, is off to the next leg of its journey. On Tuesday, May 7 at around 11am ...

The “Seneca Chief” is a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, nearly 200 years ago. It is set to make that same trip in May 2025 to celebrate the canal’s ...

The boat will be housed at the Commercial Slip in Canalside for the inauguration ceremony on May 25th. You can learn more about the Seneca Chief here.

Volunteer boat builders at Canalside’s Longshed Building have been busy working on a replica of the Erie Canal-era Seneca Chief for the past few years, lofting the boat, planing stock ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dozens of folks were cheering at the sound of the horn on Tuesday, as the replica Seneca Chief boat was carried out from the Buffalo Maritime Center's Longshed. "I wanted to be ...

MEDINA — History, in the form of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief, will dock at 1 Canal Basin next Monday and Friday. Both days consist of live music, food trucks, engaging speaker series ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A full-sized replica of the boat Seneca Chief that opened the Erie Canal in 1825 passed through Rochester on Wednesday during its tour of communities across the state.

Oct. 15—The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat "Seneca Chief" is wintering in Lockport's Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May.