Sunday marked the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, and Fairport residents celebrated with a proper birthday party ...

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

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

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you'll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...

Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

The Canastota Public Library, 102 W. Center St., Canastota, is hosting a fall series in celebration of this year’s Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration. The final installment of this series will be at ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...

I booked a canal houseboat through Erie Canal Adventures, just outside of Rochester, New York. They rent vessels equipped with comfortable beds, full kitchenettes, bathrooms, and air conditioning—plus ...

DeWitt Clinton — a mayor of New York City, U.S. senator from New York, four-time governor of the state and presidential candidate — probably never really warmed up to Schenectady. Clinton, the man ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- A replica of the first boat to travel the Erie Canal 200 years ago is retracing the historic voyage from Buffalo to New York City. The "Seneca Chief" replica is making stops along the ...