The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, ...

The two took a train to Utica before picking up a boat on the Erie Canal and taking a steamer across Lake Erie from Buffalo ...

Long before airways, highways, and even railways crisscrossed the country, rivers – our great waterways – were used regularly ...

Fairport, N.Y. — It was a nautical farewell Wednesday for three Erie Canal tour boats marking the end of the passenger season ...

Located on the the Erie Canal in Fairport, Cluck If You Buck restaurant is known for serving up fried food and cold drinks.

WCC 2025 marks the Bicentennial of the opening of the original Erie Canal. Buffalo’s vital role in the creation of the Erie ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Two people in Lockport who were boating down the Erie Canal on Saturday spotted and rescued a missing dog that had wandered to the canal’s edge. Louis and Amanda McIntyre of ...

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 boat ...

The Erie Canal Ringers is a secular organization that plays a variety of classical, pop, and sacred music. There is no fee to ...