The marquee bicentennial event is the re-creation of the journey of the Seneca Chief, the packet boat on which New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the canal in 1825.

The historic Westchester County property, known as Buxton Pond Farm, also has ties to the naturalist and politician DeWitt ...

A. The 27-mile-long Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. It was in use in 1803 and was one of the first canals built in America.

As the New York State Canal System celebrates its bicentennial year, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New ...

The Seneca Chief sets sail again to retrace the Erie Canal’s historic—and complicated—legacy. Skip to Main ... It's our hope that as we go down our 28 stops all the way to New York City, ...

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill invites readers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Ohio and Erie Canal's ...

Author Dan Rubinstein paddled from Ottawa to New York City and back to understand how being near water benefits people. His ...

MIDDLEPORT — Royalton Hartland Community Library will host the presentation “The Irish and the Building of the Erie Canal” at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Tim Bohen, the author of “Against the Grain: The History ...

More than 15 years after the demolition of the Memorial Auditorium, new plans have emerged for the North Aud Block in ...

This post looks at 14 small Upstate New York towns that put their claim to fame on their town welcome sign. Like: The ...

The state Canal Corporation on Friday announced the completion of a construction project to address persistent seepage along ...