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200 years of the Erie Canal celebrated with birthday party

Sunday marked the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, and Fairport residents celebrated with a proper birthday party ...
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On 200th anniversary of Erie Canal, crew of replica ship ponders NY waterway’s future

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

Floating time capsule: Replica boat retraces historic Erie Canal journey 200 years later

Two centuries after the Erie Canal was opened with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted ...