Boats leave Erie Canal Lock E-2 to on the first day of the 2023 navigation season for the state’s canal system on Friday morning, May 19, 2023, in Waterford, N.Y.

The OHIO AND ERIE CANAL, connecting Lake Erie at Cleveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth, was constructed by the State of Ohio between 1825-32 to provide cheap transportation and to promote the ...

On July 26, the Erie Canal Museum’s new walking tour, “Burned Over: The Erie Canal and Fire Walking Tour,” is a quarter ...

The Ohio & Erie Canal Summit Lake Trail will feature a 2.75-mile multi-purpose trail accessible for hikers, walkers and bicyclists.

Experience a magical New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal, celebrating 200 years of innovation, commerce and changing U.S. history.

The Erie Canal. Share full article. June 15, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 15, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

A proposed route for the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail through New Philadelphia would use Union Avenue, Seventh Street and Front Avenue. The route still could change. A draft plan is expected to ...

The greatest challenge was elevation: Lake Erie, the canal’s western terminus, is more than 570 feet above sea level. The Hudson River at Waterford, New York, the eastern terminus, is a mere 16. ...

TROY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio said they have closed the case on a six-decade-old homicide of a woman whose remains were found in a gravel pit and a canal channel. Miami County Prosecutor ...

The OHIO AND ERIE CANAL RESERVATION, opened by the CLEVELAND METROPARKS in 1999, follows a 4.3-mile stretch of the former OHIO AND ERIE CANAL between contemporary Harvard Avenue and Rockside Road, ...