Upon approaching a lock, the mule team would disengage the rope and allow the boat to enter the lock, where it was raised to the appropriate height ... to the Erie Canal titled “Low Bridge!

A lifelong Clyde resident who has been involved in local history for 48 years, Clyde/Galen Historian Steven J. Groat also has been active in many local organizations. He served as mayor of Clyde for ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

The Erie Canal may be 200 years old this year, but it is still celebrating new additions! A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held ...

Lockport Police have identified the man who died June 9 after jumping off the Lockport Railroad Bridge. Detective Adam Piedmont said Mark Gross, 66, of Lockport, was pronounced dead at the scene.

NYS Canal Corporation and Brockport officials cut the ribbon of the new pedestrian bridge over the Erie Canal on Friday. READ MORE, <a href=" ...

The state Canal Corporation on Friday announced the completion of a construction project to address persistent seepage along ...

In 1995, Tammee Poinan Grimes’s parents purchased a 60-foot-long tour boat to use for sightseeing cruises along the Erie Canal. The expense of shipping the boat from San Francisco to Upstate New ...

The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal Bicentennial. The engaging new visitor experience, a 2,900-square ...

Fairport, N.Y. (WHAM) — A new chapter has made the historic Erie Canal more accessible. Carla MacDougall and her daughter, Anna, spent a day in Fairport kayaking on the Erie Canal. It's a ...

Lock No. 5 on Saturday in Waterford. The Erie Canal Lock 2 at Waterford Harbor on May 16. The view from Lock No. 5 on Saturday in Waterford. WATERFORD — Marc Gervais, Paul Lacroix and Rick ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York’s historic Erie Canal is opening for its 200th year. Officials held the ceremonial opening in Waterford on Thursday. To celebrate the canal’s bicentennial ...