When the original Erie Canal was built between 1817 and 1825, it was both the longest artificial waterway in North America and its most significant public works project. Since no one had ever ...

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 ...

The Democrat and Chronicle's reporters and photographers, along with Syracuse University journalism students, examined the ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present, and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. We are diving deep in a ...

The Erie Canal is a waterway that not only played a pivotal role in New York's economic development, but expansion of the country westward.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – With the New York State Canal set to open for its Bicentennial year, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the NYS Canal Corporation have announced a list of celebrations ...

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 ...

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, ...