A diver explores a canal boat that may date back to the mid-1800s, which was discovered in Lake Ontario. OSWEGO, N.Y. -- A team of shipwreck enthusiasts who have made several discoveries of sunken ...

The wrecks of two 19th-century canal boats have been found on the bottom of Lake Ontario, an unusual discovery because such vessels typically weren’t used on open water, a team of New York ...

Nov. 18—Historian Ronald Halackna said canals helped greatly increase the population of New Castle in the 1800s, going from 611 people in 1838 to 6,000 by 1871. One of these canals was The Erie ...

Most of the current canal configurations were plotted in the late 1800s or early 1900s using water stored in reservoirs on the Salt and Verde rivers to fuel the growing agricultural demands of 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 Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has launched an initiative to raise funds for the rebuilding of Pewsham Locks' dry dock, ...

The Wabash & Erie Canal Park holds the only remaining navigable segment of the historic Wabash & Erie Canal in Indiana, which was once 468 miles long. Interested individuals can register online at ...

Montana’s wide-open spaces and fluctuating climate make water a precious resource. Across the state, irrigation is central ...