(THE CONVERSATION) 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, ...

Buffalo Maritime Center’s replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief arrived in Rochester on Sept. 27 for its fourth port stop along its Bicentennial Voyage through the Erie Canal. The 33-day voyage ...

As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on Oct. 26, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s displacement of Native American communities.

In September 1825, the Seneca Chief left Buffalo for Manhattan—a moment that would help transform western New York State into a boomtown. Here’s how to celebrate the bicentennial. The World Canals ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie Canal boat “Seneca Chief” set sail from Buffalo on Wednesday morning to commemorate the canal’s 200th anniversary. People packed the commercial slip at Canalside to see ...

UTICA — The public is invited to an exclusive screening of the powerful new documentary, “Creating the Erie Canal,” by acclaimed filmmaker Tom Garber at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Oneida County ...

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 art exhibition "Erie Canal Celebration," populated with about 60 images by local photographers and artists, opens Sunday afternoon at Kenan House Gallery. Curated by Dennis Stierer, who’s been ...

“I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal … Low bridge, everybody down.” It was a popular song we sang in music class in Martin Luther School when I was growing up in ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office released video Friday of Tuesday's high-speed pursuit of a U-Haul truck that drove into the Erie Canal. "Some people might say, well, he's ...

FONDA, N.Y. — More than 200 people gathered to celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, a pivotal piece of American history, by paddling nine scenic miles of the Mohawk River from Fonda to Port ...

DEWITT, N.Y. — The Town of DeWitt marked a historic milestone on Saturday with Canal Day 2025, a full-day festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. Hundreds of families, neighbors, ...