This canal in Upstate New York connects towns, monuments, and outdoor activities for everyone from boaters to history buffs ...

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.

This summer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m until Aug. 23, the Erie Canal Museum’s half-mile walking tours will show where history was made along the Erie Canal.

Five festivals in five days in communities along the Erie Canal will mark the canal's 200th anniversary and celebrate different facets of their host communities.

As portions of the canal were completed, they were opened up for travel. By 1825, the Erie Canal spanned 363 miles, combining natural waterways—rivers and lakes—with man-made channels.

The Erie Canal marks its 200th year of completion. How has it changed?

The Erie Canal Bicentennial Festival is gearing up to celebrate New York's canal-side communities with a week full of events.

CANAL FULTON ‒ The three-day Olde Canal Days Festival is underway. The annual event, first started in 1968, celebrates the community's Ohio & Erie Canal heritage.

Rochester, N.Y. — The New York State Canal Corporation has launched a new pilot program utilizing goats to manage vegetation on the steep, overgrown earthen emb ...

Gov. Mike DeWine will attend and speak at Newark's Ohio & Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration on June 28 at downtown Newark's Canal Market District.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This summer marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, a historic waterway that has played a significant role in Rochester’s development. About 100 years ago, the canal ...

The Erie Canal was completed 200 years ago, but you won’t need a time machine to witness the events that led up to the waterway’s construction — just some free time this weekend.