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’s 2025 Sloan Lecture Series kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. with a virtual talk presented by Brooklyn-based historian and author, Hugh Ryan, titled “How the ...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, once a vital commercial waterway, has transformed into a hub for outdoor recreation. News10NBC’s Brett Davidsen is familiar with the trails and even rode his ...

The Erie Canal, initially constructed in 1825, was originally 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide. Following an enlargement in 1918, the canal's dimensions were significantly increased, ...

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 ...

The modern canal system has 57 locks in total, including 35 along the Erie Canal. These days, the Erie Canal is mostly — but not only, according to its spokesmen — a recreational waterway.

A canal boat goes through Lock 2 of the Erie Canal in Waterford, New York, in 2008. Ground was broken for the Erie Canal 200 years ago. After the 363-mile canal fully opened in 1825, it would ...