SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Erie Canal Museum is hosting a guided tour July 24, that offers a unique blend of history, outdoor activity, and local flavor. The 90-minute, five mile tour starts and ends at the ...

Upstate New York’s Erie Canal offers countless ways to explore its scenic beauty and history. Whether you prefer to walk, bike, drive, or even pilot your own boat, there’s something for every kind of ...

Three artists spent a year photographing the Erie Canal as part of an artist residency program. The Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence program is a partnership between NY Canal Corporation and The Erie ...

While much of the infrastructure of the Erie Canal era is preserved and documented, the lifeblood of the canal — the mules ...

July 24 marked the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal. Something widely considered to be one of the greatest engineering achievements of it's time, the Erie Canal stretches 363 ...

Spencerport, N.Y. — The town of Gates marked the bicentennial anniversary of the Erie Canal with a sold-out historical boat tour from Gates to Spencerport. The event featured insights from local ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host a Bikes, Beers & Barges guided cycling tour tomorrow, July 24, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20, and you can register online. The 90-minute, 5-mile guided tour will take ...

*Michelle Breidenbach's Post Standard article is on the front page today. Eliot Spitzer rolled into Syracuse last night and spoke to a crowd of about 100 supporters at the Erie Canal Museum. As ...

ROME, N.Y. – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered. On July 4 in 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal in Rome, New York. The original Erie ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Life on the Erie Canal in the 19th century is being kept alive by a local historian. Victoria Schmitt, a local independent culture historian, has studied the Erie Canal and Rochester ...

It might seem a stretch to connect an old building on the waterway that bisects Sturgeon Bay with one of the most famous and lengthy canals in the world, but a July 24 program sponsored by the ...