The Erie Canal was full of kayakers and canoers this weekend as people celebrated the 200th anniversary of the canal's opening.

A flotilla of kayaks and canoes are seen during the Paddle the Canals: Erie Canal 200! on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Waterford, N.Y. Participants paddled the five locks of the Waterford Flight to ...

The state Canal Corporation on Friday announced the completion of a construction project to address persistent seepage along the Erie Canal’s earthen embankment in the town of Royalton. With the end ...

A new exhibit marking 200 years of the Erie Canal is now open at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, ...

MIDDLEPORT — Royalton Hartland Community Library will host the presentation “The Irish and the Building of the Erie Canal” at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Tim Bohen, the author of “Against the Grain: The History ...

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

In 1995, Tammee Poinan Grimes’s parents purchased a 60-foot-long tour boat to use for sightseeing cruises along the Erie Canal. The expense of shipping the boat from San Francisco to Upstate New ...

The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal Bicentennial. The engaging new visitor experience, a 2,900-square ...

Lock No. 5 on Saturday in Waterford. The Erie Canal Lock 2 at Waterford Harbor on May 16. The view from Lock No. 5 on Saturday in Waterford. WATERFORD — Marc Gervais, Paul Lacroix and Rick ...

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. It's a ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York’s historic Erie Canal is opening for its 200th year. Officials held the ceremonial opening in Waterford on Thursday. To celebrate the canal’s bicentennial ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. — The Erie Canal officially began its bicentennial season this week, celebrating the 201st consecutive season of navigation. Local and state officials, as well as supporters of ...