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 ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal ...

It can be said that DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York at the opening of the famed Erie Canal, was a visionary.

The Erie Canal Museum will host Rex Lyons, coach of the Haudenosaunee Nationals, and Mike Beardsley, Sullivan Town Historian at Chittenango Middle School as part of a free educational talk next ...

In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has been replaced by a broader significance. Together, the Erie, Champlain, Oswego ...

The project will replace the bridges carrying I-490 over the Erie Canal and Kreag Road in Perinton, Monroe County, connecting the city of Rochester to the New York State Thruway. Built in the ...

A week before the planned opening, the Tuscarawas River flooded into the Ohio-Erie Canal, bringing 4½ feet of water into the basement and damaging essential utilities. The Barrel Room on Canal ...

A crowd nearing 1,000 people gathered in Erie to protest the Trump administration's policy actions. Protesters voiced concerns about cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education ...

Erie received more than 111 inches of snow this winter, surpassing the previous two winters combined. Although spring has officially begun, more snowfall is possible in March and April. The ...

If China’s alleged influence over the canal wasn’t halted, Trump threatened to “take back” the iconic waterway that the US returned to Panama in 2000, employing military force if needed.

In Newark, we are proud to say we were born of the Erie Canal. In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and Betsey ...

Scotland survived an onslaught from Greece in Athens as Scott McTominay’s first-half penalty proved enough to take a one-goal lead back to Hampden in their Nations League relegation play-off.