The Erie Canal, a major achievement in transportation infrastructure that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and ignited American economic development, was completed on this day in ...

The Niagara History Center’s free Family Night series continues on Wednesday with an Erie Canal-themed program to celebrate ...

The Erie Canal is largely quiet now, but when the Seneca Chief set sail for Manhattan from Buffalo, New York, on September 24, 1825, this inaugural voyage heralded a century-long revenue stream.

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Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey on Erie Canal from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark waterway's 200th anniversary The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A floating museum stopped in Rochester on Wednesday. The “Seneca Chief” is a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, nearly 200 years ago. It is set to make ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York. The Marquis de Lafayette ...

The Central New York community is invited to take a step back in time this weekend to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. The Buffalo Maritime Center’s replica of the Erie Canal Boat ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A replica original Erie Canal barge will stop at the Hudson River Maritime Museum on Oct. 21-22 as part of a 500-mile, 28-stop statewide tour celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...