NORTH GREENBUSH — The original Erie Canal was a 4-foot-deep ... One can see the break along the Thruway when traveling between Albany and Canajoharie, between two large cliffs on either ...

The Erie Canal Harbor announced its events for the Bicentennial in 2025 celebrating the 200-year history of the Erie Canal ...

How the Erie Canal helped Underground Railroad freedom ... you've got thousands of people traveling along its banks, communicating with one another, learning from one another, and it starts ...

Montezuma, Port Byron, and Weedsport begin Empire State Trail Town designation process to boost recreation tourism and ...

Russell Edward Carnes, 84, loving husband of Lana E. Carnes (née Reed), took his Lord’s hand and went to be with him on Friday, March 7, 2025. Many people knew him as Russ but his family and early ...

When Congressman LaFalce was in Washington, D.C., he was an intellectual giant and his reputation for bi-partisanship was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for ...