Flotsam River Circus will be traveling the entire length of the Erie Canal and Hudson River. While making the trek they will be doing performances in dozens of towns spanning from Buffalo to NYC .

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, talks ...

Explore the Erie Canal's engineering marvels and the physics behind locks in Compact Science! Discover the science behind Erie Canal's locks! Sarajane navigates through history and physics ...

Northeast Ohio's water divide shapes path to Lake Erie or Ohio River Water always flows from higher terrain to lower elevations, but getting from high to low is not an easy (or always direct) process.

Gov. Mike DeWine will attend and speak at Newark's Ohio & Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration on June 28 at downtown Newark's Canal Market District.

When the full waterway officially opened on Oct. 26, 1825, connecting the interior of the U.S. to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River, the Erie Canal kicked off an unprecedented era of growth.

The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, reshaping large swaths of the national economy.

In his 2008 book "Ohio's Grand Canal: A Brief History of the Ohio & Erie Canal," Terry K. Woods noted that, although wages varied by area and demand, during the construction of the canal, workers ...

A proposed route for the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail through New Philadelphia would use Union Avenue, Seventh Street and Front Avenue. The route still could change. A draft plan is expected to ...