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 ...

Celebrate the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary with five free, full-day festivals from July 2–6, 2025, featuring music, art, local culture, and world premieres from the Albany Symphony in towns across ...

The Levitt AMP Utica Music Series is back at Kopernik Park in Utica for its ninth season of free, family-friendly outdoor ...

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, center, is drawing inspiration from Solomon Northup's life for a new composition. The work is part of Water Music New York, Albany Symphony's Erie Canal inspired ...

Market at the Erie Canal Village is a new venture that brings together vendors and food trucks every Saturday and Sunday ...

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, ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – To celebrate the Erie Canal and its modern day use, the National Park Service and New York State Canal Corporation are challenging people to get outside. The challenge ...

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation recently announced the release of new educational materials geared for fourth graders learning about the Erie ...

N.Y. — There's a new place to discover the rich history of New York state, with the grand opening of the Erie Shore Canal Shoppe. The store features specialty items showcasing the canal's vital ...

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.