There were rain showers and then humidity, but it didn't deter 300 people from across New York and other states to help celebrate the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary. They took part in a 2.7 mile ...

As part of the countywide Erie Canal 200th birthday celebrations, Bill Gillette, Town of Gates Historian, is leading a canal boat tour from Rochester to Spencerport and back again. Tickets are sold ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Erie Canal in Waterford is finally back open for boaters. As NewsChannel 13 has been reporting, flooding and debris clogged the lock, forcing the May 16 opening to be delayed. There were 25 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday the official opening of “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” a new educational exhibit at Canalside ...