The replica of the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief, built within the Longshed at Canalside over the course of four years, is off to the next leg of its journey. On Tuesday, May 7 at around 11am, throngs ...

Oct. 15—The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat "Seneca Chief" is wintering in Lockport's Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the ...

2024 has been a remarkable year as we look forward to celebrating the upcoming 200th anniversary of the completion of building the Erie Canal. The central theme for this next year’s celebration ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you've been to Canalside recently, you've probably noticed all the activity in the Longshed Building. Volunteers with the Buffalo Maritime Center have been hard at work building a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The replica of the “Seneca Chief” — the boat known as the first to open the Erie Canal — is inching closer to setting sail. “We wanted to build it on the sight, we wanted to ...

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 ...

CHARLEVOIX — One hundred and fifty years ago, the Nov. 29, 1873 Charlevoix Sentinel reported the “South Arm is frozen over.” The western, narrower portion of Pine Lake (later named Lake Charlevoix) ...

The canal performed a crucial part in the economic development of the region Ride the historic Josiah White II canal boat and journey back in time as it glides on a section of the Lehigh Canal. Still ...