The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary, and News10NBC is highlighting its significance as a gateway for boaters across the country. Jennifer Lewke reported from Fairport about the canal’s ...

As the Erie Canal marks its 200 th year since its full operation between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, the Democrat and ...

The historic replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief has arrived at Canalside (from its winter berth in Lockport), marking the official launch of the Erie Canal Boat Summer Series. Of course ...

A tour boat capsized Monday morning in a cave along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York, authorities said. One person died after being trapped beneath the boat for at least an hour. Fire officials ...

Beyond cycling, the Erie Canal also offers water-based activities. Erie Canal Adventures in Macedon allows visitors to rent fully-equipped boats for multi-night excursions.

Two hundred years ago, it helped spread people, ideas and goods across the US. Now, it's become a paddler's paradise with more than 700 miles of continuous, navigable waterways.

The latest idea for a Canalside attraction is rooted in the history of the Erie Canal: a replica of the packet boat Gov. Dewitt Clinton boarded to mark the canal’s ...

A group of four people stand on State Boat No. 1 as it is pulled by two horses just south of Stone Rd., on the Ohio-Erie Canal, 1902. WRHS, Courtesy of Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. After ...

Three Erie Canal tour boats — The Riverie, Sam Path and Colonial Belle — formed a special flotilla to mark the end of the passenger season Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

Fairport, N.Y. (WHAM) — A new chapter has made the historic Erie Canal more accessible. Carla MacDougall and her daughter, Anna, spent a day in Fairport kayaking on the Erie Canal.

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 ...

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.