Two centuries after its opening, the Erie Canal remains a symbol of engineering ambition, economic transformation, and complex legacies. Built between 1817 and 1825, it connected New York City to the ...

Read Part 1 of this story. A large flotilla of boats, led by New York’s governor, DeWitt Clinton, made the 10-day trip from Buffalo, across the Erie Canal, and down the Hudson River to New York City, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2020 Erie Canalway photo contest Upstate New York's Erie Canal offers countless ways to explore its scenic beauty and history.

Artists share unique photographic perspectives on the Erie Canal’s history and legacy. Three artists-in-residence use photography to explore the Erie Canal’s bicentennial, connecting past and present ...

The Erie Canal Museum is commemorating the final year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025 and has an exciting year of programming on the horizon to explore the last 200 years of Erie Canal history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal ...

Where is the old Erie Canal in relation to today’s Barge Canal? When he overlaid the old and new maps, he found canals he ...

Peter Bernstein, a nationally respected economic historian, provides a great deal of help in that direction with "Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation," a book that ...

More than 200 years ago, the Erie Canal opened the way for westward expansion in New York State. Today, the historical marvel is known as a major tourist destination and recreational resource. The ...

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 ...