With the bicentennial of the Erie Canal taking place later this year, the focus of 2025 columns will be on the waterway that transformed the young nation. Our little villages ...

The first barge carrying two sections of the bridge passed through Lockport on the Erie Canal early Tuesday morning. It is expected to arrive in Buffalo later Tuesday afternoon. The bridge will ...

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) has reintroduced the Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act, a bill that would ...

Canal Fest of the Tonawandas is described thusly: Encompassing 2-square miles along the banks the Historic Erie Barge Canal, this family-focused, eight-day festival is shared by the Twin Cities of ...

The barges will next travel the full length of the state across the Erie Canal starting July 5 and arriving 11 days later on the shore of Ralph Wilson Park. Carver Companies is managing the whole ...

What’s in a name? On older maps you’ll see the names Macedon Locks, Lockville, and Macedonville directly linking our ...

"This talk will reveal the violent and strange events that were once part of the canal culture in our communities." ...

You also assert in substance that railroads will supersede the Erie Canal, but-surely you have not looked at the revolution its enlargement must produce in transporting the vast products of the ...

Organizers said this is all just the beginning as the nation as a whole prepares to honor America's 250th birthday.

The concert barge sails from Albany to Schenectady ... is an engineering marvel that's been fully restored. The Erie Canal Discovery Center, which is open daily from May to October, and on ...