In 1995, Tammee Poinan Grimes’s parents purchased a 60-foot-long tour boat to use for sightseeing cruises along the Erie Canal. The expense of shipping the boat from San Francisco to Upstate New ...

The three-day Syracuse Polish Festival celebrates Polish culture and heritage with dance, food and events like the pierogi ...

Nearly 20 years ago, Capt. David L. Kay, who piloted tour boats from Alaska to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, turned his love of the St. Lawrence River into a business. "I cruise in a lot of beautiful ...

OSWEGO COUNTY – Paddlefest returns to the Oswego Canal on Saturday, July 19! Hosted by the H. Lee White Maritime Museum, this non-competitive recreational paddling event offers kayakers and ...

Just five years prior, Colgate University’s football team—under the tutelage of Andy Kerr — did the same, going 9–0 on the season and scoring 264–0. Although Colgate donned new uniforms that season, a ...

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 ...

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. — The Erie Canal officially began its bicentennial season this week, celebrating the 201st consecutive season of navigation. Local and state officials, as well as supporters of ...

The Erie Canal turns 200 years old this year, but with heavy rainfall delaying the waterway’s opening, some boaters are left adrift – not that they are too upset about it.