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 ...

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

Significant rainfall throughout the end of April and early May created high flows and unsafe conditions along the Eastern and Central Erie Canal, Champlain Canal, and Oswego Canal. New York State ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Erie Canal’s bicentennial season kicked ... marvel that it constituted when it was opened up back in the early nineteenth century.” Corn Hill Navigation has 800 cruises ...

WATERFORD — The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor invites New Yorkers to be part of the Erie Canal Bicentennial by taking up the Canalway Challenge in 2025. The free program welcomes ...

The location borders the Genesee River and an aqueduct from the original Erie Canal constructed in 1825 ... said about her photography. “My photos have an enchanting and otherworldly realm ...

and newspaper clippings related to the Erie Canal. “I call this my mini museum. This is all my personal collection,” Perry said. She has binders full of family photo albums and historical ...

The Evans Exhibit Room features “Capture the Erie Canal: 200 years in Wayne County.” This exhibit will give visitors a perspective on the local impact. Early on, the idea of a man-made ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, ...