The clear-cutting of trees along the Erie Canal near Rochester has been controversial. Officials say they want to prevent erosion and flooding. Residents are protesting the amount of ...

BREWERTON, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — All this rain we’ve had this Spring is leading to increased water levels on the Erie Canal, impacting boaters. David Lochner has been sailing for over 40 yea… ...

The Erie Canal was originally anticipated to open next Friday. Now, officials plan to open it up instead in phases, starting in drier portions of western New York.

The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal Bicentennial. The engaging new visitor experience, a 2,900-square ...

The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal Bicentennial.

The Erie Canal was a civil engineering feat, 363 miles, forty feet wide and four feet deep (now, 120 feet wide and 12 feet deep), with 34 locks between Buffalo and Albany. It cost $7.1 million ...

Reflections on the Erie Canal. You’ve Never Heard Erie Canal History Told Like This. Episode 9 | 4m 48s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Step inside a personal canal-side museum in Lyons, NY ...

Just like the Erie, I’d start on the most patriotic day of the year. The first shovel of Erie Canal dirt was turned over during a ceremony on the Fourth of July in 1817.

New Junior Ranger activity booklet to be released for the community to commemorate the Erie Canal's 200 year anniversary. Mainly geared for children 5 to 13, the Junior Ranger activity booklet ...

LOCKPORT — Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Buffalo Field Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration fanned out through the city and town of Lockport Tuesday morning ...

On September 24, 2025, the vessel will embark on the Bicentennial Voyage, a journey along the Erie Canal commemorating Governor DeWitt Clinton’s historic 1825 trip from Buffalo to New York Harbor.