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 ...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal has officially opened for the season, marking a significant milestone as it celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. News10NBC’s Berkeley Brean took a ride ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Erie Canal System will kick off its bicentennial season on Friday when it reopens to boats. There will be events throughout the summer to celebrate the canal’s history ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation announced a series of events to celebrate the opening of the 2025 navigation season on the Erie Canal. The Lockport ...

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office Dive Team recovered a body from the Erie Canal in the Town of Floyd on May 11. The Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office identified the remains on May 12 as ...

NYS Canal Corporation delays Erie Canal opening after heavy rains Officials in rural Texas are accused of paying campaign worker who told elderly people how to vote: docs Shohei Ohtani Jokingly ...

The earliest major industrial project in the United States’ history, the Erie Canal connected East to West by water and enabled a new era of commerce, trade, and movement. Hegseth announces he ...

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 ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated May 20, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its story in a new book.

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, ...

The park will be located along the 2.25-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Summit Lake Trail. During construction, the trail will be temporarily rerouted along South Street, according to a news release.

Key figures in the Erie Canal story also founded the first civil engineering institute in the US. In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of ...