Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York ...

The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times ...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, once a vital commercial waterway, has transformed into a hub for outdoor recreation. News10NBC’s Brett Davidsen is familiar with the trails and even rode his bike ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — Moving boats up and down through Erie Canal locks 34 and 35 ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and ...

Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American ...

Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...

For the second straight year, tolls have been waived for recreational vessels, celebrating the centennial of the New York State Canal System. A season pass runs $25 to $100 depending on vessel size.

Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns ... After riding a ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...