On Tuesday, December 18, there will be a public hearing concerning the future of the longshed on Canalside and the packet boat project. The hearing, hosted by the Erie Canal Harbor Development ...

The construction of the replica of Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 73′ packet boat – the boat that traversed the Erie Canal to take part in the Wedding of the Waters ceremony – is considered ...

Fairport, N.Y. — Wednesday marked a nautical farewell for three local Erie Canal tour boats. The Riverie, Sam Path and ...

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation have released new educational materials ...

This gallery looks Fairport, NY. Did you know that this village of about 5,000 hosts the largest Erie Canal festival of them all? 200,000 attend each summer!

is a project that turns the Erie Canal in the Rochester area, often viewed only as a historical and recreational resource, into a testbed for STE2M education. The E3C project combines canal field ...

a full-sized canal boat replica built in Buffalo, to Syracuse in October. Support for the Erie Canal Museum’s 2025 Lecture Series is provided by the Winifred and DeVillo Sloan Jr. Charitable Fund.

In later years, owners added a popular mule-drawn packet boat ride along the Erie Canal. An enormous fire just before Christmas one year destroyed much of the Apple Grove Inn but the place was ...