Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation (CHN) recently kicked off the year-long Erie Canal Bicentennial by announcing a ...

The Canastota Public Library in Canastota, New York is hosting a new lecture series in celebration of this year’s Erie Canal ...

In Worcester, Boland and Wright got to work charting the course of the proposed canal. They focused on the neighborhoods of ...

“The underwater cultural heritage on the bottom of our waters is ‘a new archive’ to be managed, preserved and learned from.” For full access to this story and all online content, please log in or ...

The Triad has a strong transportation network. But is it up to the task at hand — now and for generations to come?

In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and Betsey Lusk, which would become the area of downtown Newark. Lots were sold ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated Apr 15, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its story in a new book.

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, ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

The Erie Canal is turning 200 this year, and the Cayuga County Office of Tourism has announced several events and resources for celebrating the waterway’s bicentennial. In a news release ...