This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s most significant man-made waterways.

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill invites readers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Ohio and Erie Canal's groundbreaking in Newark.

As we celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, it’s important to recognize its crucial role in the Underground Railroad ...

NORTH GREENBUSH — The original Erie Canal was a 4-foot-deep, ... The New York State Canal Corp., a subsidiary of the New York Power Authority, operates the state canal system.

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. The 27-mile-long Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. It was in use in 1803 and was one of the first canals built in America.

The $5.5 million estate in Westchester County was a 19th-century New York governor's country home and, later, a stop on the ...

As the New York State Canal System celebrates its bicentennial year, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New ...

Jul 13, 2024 — A new exhibit at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. takes visitors back in time to when Lake Champlain, and canals, were key to America’s early industrial boom.

By The Way The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and ...