The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat “Seneca Chief” is wintering in Lockport’s Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the boat ...
The replica of the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief, built within the Longshed at Canalside over the course of four years, is off to the next leg of its journey. On Tuesday, May 7 at around 11am, throngs ...
AMHERST, N.Y. — David Harris' latest project in retirement is turning a lot of heads along the Erie Canal. "A friend took me on a trip up the canal on his power boat, and I thought it was beautiful ...
The Seneca Chief, a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, arrived in New York City on Sunday, ...
Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...
Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief’s return to the Lockport Locks next week will be a homecoming of a sort. The vessel that’s re-enacting New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 1825 Erie Canal-opening voyage ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you've been to Canalside recently, you've probably noticed all the activity in the Longshed Building. Volunteers with the Buffalo Maritime Center have been hard at work building a ...
2024 has been a remarkable year as we look forward to celebrating the upcoming 200th anniversary of the completion of building the Erie Canal. The central theme for this next year’s celebration ...
They sawed, bent, clamped and hammered planks for months – building something that hasn't been built in Buffalo in at least 170 years. The Erie Canal has a new cargo boat. The 40 volunteers labored ...
Steve Page devoted three years to building the Lois McClure but spent very little time sailing on it. As one of four shipwrights hired in 2001 by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes to ...
Two days after it got stuck, blocking the Suez Canal, the Ever Given remains stationary on Thursday. Refloating the boat is proving to be a challenge considering the ship's massive size. If stood ...