The historic replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief has arrived at Canalside (from its winter berth in Lockport), marking the official launch of the Erie Canal Boat Summer Series.

In WNY, we are blessed with an abundance of water thanks to our proximity to the Great Lakes and the Niagara River. That translates into both fishing and boating opportunities that are second to none ...

Governor Kathy Hochul marked the start of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial navigation season with a $50 million investment to ...

A former prisoner helped spur the Erie Canal’s construction. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York became known as the “father of the Erie Canal” for championing the construction of the ...

This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Beneath the calm, peaceful waters of the Erie Canal, lies a conflicted history; one that celebrates an engineering marvel that brought prosperity to Buffalo, the other is a story of ...

DeWitt Clinton in 1825 ... the Cayuga County Office of Tourism, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the Canal Corporation, as well as support from the village of Port Byron and ...

ALBANY — The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary ... the boat that Gov. DeWitt Clinton used in 1825 to celebrate the opening of the canal in New York City. The Seneca Chief ...

DeWitt Clinton took a boat from Buffalo to Albany and then New York City and poured water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known as the Wedding of the Waters. The canal, which has ...

Then we want that strongman. Someone like DeWitt Clinton, who drove the grid system through Manhattan — and, eventually, the Erie Canal through New York State. Or Fiorello La Guardia ...

Dewitt Clinton took office ... and continued to partake in “The Wedding of the Waters.” The impact the Erie Canal had on our village was immense. Within a few years of its completion, Lyons ...