On Oct. 26, 1825, the Erie Canal, the United States' first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and ...

On Oct. 26, 1825, the Erie Canal, the United States' first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and ...

Buffalo celebrated the “Wedding of the Waters” with history, heritage, and a surprise visitor from out of state.

The event featured the unveiling of a historic marker and special presentations highlighting the canal’s history and its influence on the region’s development.

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid ...

The Holland Land Company owned this area of WNY and through their resident land agent, Joseph Ellicott, pushed for moving the canal concept inland. Ellicott’s idea was to have it ...

Two centuries after the Erie Canal was opened with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York ...

The Erie Canal Bicentennial will end this year, commemorating the canal’s history of displacing communities, including the ...