The Canastota Public Library in Canastota, New York is hosting a new lecture series in celebration of this year’s Erie Canal ...

The new mural complements the “Nine Mile Aqueduct” indoor mural on the second floor of the Sims Store also completed by Mural Mania.

I had been interested in the supernatural and spiritual history of the landscape for a long time but I thought it was too ...

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, ...

In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and ...

Director of the NYS Canal Corporation, Brian Stratton and Joell Murney-Karsten, Community Relations Manager for New York ...

President Abraham Lincoln's connection to the Erie Canal will be the subject of a talk Monday, April 21, in Weedsport.

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 ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its story in a new book.

Corn Hill Navigation announced its plans to commemorate the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary on Wednesday. The event ...

In Worcester, Boland and Wright got to work charting the course of the proposed canal. They focused on the neighborhoods of ...