The Heritage Park District will host a Valentine’s Day hike Sunday, Feb. 15 along the Miami Erie Canal. Complimentary trail ...

The Erie Canal is largely quiet now, but when the Seneca Chief set sail for Manhattan from Buffalo, New York, on September 24, 1825, this inaugural voyage heralded a century-long revenue stream.

The City of Lockport officially has $1 million for Phase III of the Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks Rehabilitation Project.

With just a few hours of training, we navigated locks, docked in port towns, and cruised 62 miles at 6 mph. “Slow travel” is trending, and from my experience, there’s nothing slower—or more ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Residents and visitors gathered at Canalside to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the "Wedding of the Waters," marking the official opening of the Erie Canal and honoring its lasting ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Life on the Erie Canal in the 19th century is being kept alive by a local historian. Victoria Schmitt, a local independent culture historian, has studied the Erie Canal and Rochester ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...

The City of Lockport officially has $1 million for Phase III of the Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks Rehabilitation Project.

The historic Erie Canal's bicentennial was celebrated in style during 2025 in cities, towns and villages along the roughly 350-mile long waterway connecting Lake Erie and Buffalo to the Hudson River ...

There’s a lot of time to ponder the past and future of the Erie Canal as the Seneca Chief crawls its way through the channels and locks of the 200-year-old marvel. That’s on purpose, said Brian ...

Firefighters from Lockport Fire's fourth platoon rescued a dog from the icy waters of the Erie Canal Tuesday night.