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

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

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

American Great Lakes cruise launching in 2026 will make stops in Syracuse, Clayton, Rochester, Niagara Falls and Buffalo ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, 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 Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

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.

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