Consisting of an intricate system of 83 locks, the canal made it possible to travel ... a bistro serving French and American ...

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

That’s Hudson, Ohio for you – a town that somehow manages to be both frozen in time and completely alive. Just 30 miles southeast of Cleveland and 15 miles north of Akron, Hudson sits like a perfectly ...

The name itself—Wapakoneta (wah-puh-kuh-NET-uh)—comes from Shawnee language meaning “place of white bones,” which sounds ominous until you arrive and discover it’s actually one of the most picturesque ...

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey on Erie Canal from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark waterway's 200th anniversary The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived ...

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you'll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...

Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a full-scale replica of the first canal boat to travel the historic route. The boat ...

When the original Erie Canal was built between 1817 and 1825, it was both the longest artificial waterway in North America and its most significant public works project. Since no one had ever ...

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

Schenectady and New York state are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, a replica of the Seneca Chief, the historic packet boat that carried Gov. DeWitt ...