Step aboard the 25th Annual Tugboat Roundup in Waterford, NY — the gateway to the Erie and Champlain Canals. This annual gathering brings together working and historic tugs, mini-tugs, and barges for ...

Learn how the Canal Corporation makes rope fenders for historic tug boats. Wendy Marble, a tug boat captain for the NYS Canal Corporation, has a special skill - hand making rope fenders for the ...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. (WROC) — A longtime advocate in preserving the Erie Canal is being honored with a new vessel taking on the historic waterway. A tugboat was unveiled on the Erie Canal in Fairport Monday ...

As part of the celebration for the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, there will be a boat parade and activities along the Erie Canal, as well as at the Buffalo Launch Club. The Boat Parade, led by ...

The Central New York community is invited to take a step back in time this weekend to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. The Buffalo Maritime Center’s replica of the Erie Canal Boat ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Maritime Center is recreating the historic maiden voyage of the Seneca Chief, the first boat to travel the entire Erie Canal. The replica of the Seneca Chief is traveling ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...