Loudonville resident Steven Talbot, driven by curiosity and free time courtesy of the pandemic, has created the first comprehensive map of the Erie Canal.

Michael Messina-Yauchzy calls this project his "biggest undertaking." He promises a balanced look at the Erie Canal.

Tips and lessons from two cross-state bike trips along New York’s Erie Canal, from trail conditions to planning your ride.

As the Erie Canal marks its 200 th year since its full operation between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, the Democrat and ...

This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s most significant man-made waterways.

When it was completed about seven years later, the Erie Canal was 363 miles long, 40 feet wide and four feet deep, according to “A Brief History of the Erie Canal,” published by the New York ...

Experience a magical New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal, celebrating 200 years of innovation, commerce and changing U.S. history.

The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and cultural connection.

One person was killed and 11 others were injured after a tourist boat capsized at an underground Erie Canal attraction in Lockport, New York Monday morning. The deadly incident happened at 11:20 a ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...

When the state changed the route of the Erie Canal in the early 1900s, it left behind 100 years of canal “ruins” in the form of bridges, dams, feeders, locks, ...

— The New York State Canal Corporation has launched a new pilot program utilizing goats to manage vegetation on the steep, overgrown earthen embankments of the historic Erie Canal near Greece.