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 ...

Executive director of Erie Canal Museum is ready for its moment in the sun: the bicentennial of the canal's opening.

Before engines and electricity, America used ingenuity and water to move the nation forward. The Erie Canal, completed in ...

The title of the exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum promises to cover quite a stretch of territory: “Acts of ...

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.

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

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York. The Marquis de Lafayette ...

The 1825 banquet was laid out on a 170-foot table shaded by a canopy of British flags captured in the Battle of Lake Erie. Lafayette was moved by the accounts of the battle and viewed War of 1812 ...

“All of these infrastructure projects we now take for granted are descendants of the Erie Canal.” When the full waterway officially opened on Oct. 26, 1825, connecting the interior of the U.S ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday the official opening of “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” a new educational exhibit at Canalside ...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal ... the development of canal towns and Rochester, continues to be a source of recreation and historical reflection. “What happened in 1825 was a big deal ...