There were rain showers and then humidity, but it didn't deter 300 people from across New York and other states to help ...

The Erie Canal Museum is commemorating the final year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025 and has an exciting year of programming on the horizon to explore the last 200 years of Erie Canal ...

2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the year construction began on the Erie Canal. When the Canal was completed in 1825, this "artificial river" stretched across Upstate New York from Albany to ...

By Katherine Rosman Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today, we bring you a brief history lesson on the amazing Erie Canal. I’ve had many cool experiences in my years as a reporter. I got a tennis ...

A few days after the first shovel was thrust into the central New York state dirt on July 4, 1817, to mark the beginning of the building of the Erie Canal, the real work got started. A few dozen ...