Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. The one-hour documentary ...

The Erie Canal opened in 1825, and this summer from Albany to Buffalo there have been celebrations of this milestone in American history. From concerts to museum exhibits, upstate New York has been ...

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp. and WMHT Public Media are set to launch a multi-platform, multi-media project to commemorate the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. Through a 10-part ...

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

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corporation, and WMHT Public Media recently announced the launch of a robust multi-platform, multi-media initiative to commemorate the Erie Canal’s ...

The creation of the Erie Canal will be the subject of a new documentary being screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Samuel Center for Canal History, 38 Rochester St., Port Byron.

Heidi Truschel-Light , Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. Mayor John Lombardi III recognized Lockport film-maker Paul Lamont and local leaders who supported the production of the documentary ...

This article originally appeared in the Conversation. Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

Discover the magic of a New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal. Slow travel back to 1817, when construction began on a waterway to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie. Just eight years ...

ROME, N.Y. — The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so ...