The 2025 World Canals Conference has commenced in Buffalo, during the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial year. Bringing an international audience together of canal enthusiasts, historians, and waterway experts ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 2025 World Canals Conference is coming to Buffalo from September 21-25, as the Erie Canal celebrates its bicentennial. Speakers from all over the world, including Canada, China, ...

People relax in the shade at Canalside during the opening festivities of the World Canals Conference on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Buffalo, N.Y. This week, the Erie Canal will be the center focus of ...

During this past week’s World Canals Conference, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the completion of two Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) projects in the City of North Tonawanda — the expanded ...

Richly-decorated gondolas traveling down winding canals, monumental Gothic palaces floating atop thousand-year-old wooden stilts, driven deep into a mushy-green lagoon, and of course, every beautiful ...