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

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

The event featured the unveiling of a historic marker and special presentations highlighting the canal's history and its ...

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

Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American ...

The Rome Capitol Theatre in Rome, New York will screen the 1935 Fox release "The Farmer Takes a Wife" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and ...

One winning team was picked from elementary schools in the Herkimer, Frankfort-Schuyler and Central Valley districts. .

Here's what it was like for writer Erik Trinidad to take a self-guided houseboat trip—with history, small towns, wildlife, ...

The Erie Canal, a monumental engineering feat, played a pivotal role in transforming Chicago from a swampy outpost into a bustling metropolis. Celebrating its 200th anniversary, this waterway not only ...

One of America’s first major public works projects is marking its 200th anniversary — and seeking a path to the future.

Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a ...