2024 has been a remarkable year as we look forward to celebrating the upcoming 200th anniversary of the completion of building the Erie Canal. The central theme for this next year’s celebration ...

The earliest major industrial project in the United States’ history, the Erie Canal connected East to West by water and enabled a new era of commerce, trade, and movement. WATCH: Hawaii's Kilauea ...

Oct. 15—The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat "Seneca Chief" is wintering in Lockport's Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the ...

Step aboard the 25th Annual Tugboat Roundup in Waterford, NY — the gateway to the Erie and Champlain Canals. This annual gathering brings together working and historic tugs, mini-tugs, and barges for ...

As part of the celebration for the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, there will be a boat parade and activities along the Erie Canal, as well as at the Buffalo Launch Club. The Boat Parade, led by ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for canal ...

An American ambition -- The wilderness years (10,000 bc-1805) -- "The effusions of a maniac" (1807-1809) -- Apollo rising -- Erie rise and fall (1810-1815) -- The ...

The Erie Canal Museum’s 39th annual Gingerbread Gallery opened to the public on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. The second floor of the Museum has been transformed into a 19th century canal town adorned in ...