The annual eight-day Parks & Trails Cycle the Erie Canalway bike tour from Buffalo to Albany is 400 miles and 400 years of ...

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp. and WMHT Public Media are set to launch a multi-platform, multi-media project to commemorate the Erie Canal’s bicentennial. Through a 10-part ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — The Lockport Locks Heritage District is inviting people in the community to join them on Saturday, April 19 for a 'Canal Clean Sweep'. Registration for the event begins in ...

Experts have completed a painstaking 10-week process to replace two sets of lock gates on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal. Worn-out gates were replaced at the top and bottom ends of the 200-year ...

PERINTON, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced Monday that work is getting started on the new project to replace the bridges that carry I-490 over the Erie ...

Palmyra, Track Twelve, Range Two, known as the “Wild West,” was settled in 1789 by John Swift from Connecticut. It earned the title “Queen of Canal Towns” because it was established 33 ...

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“Images of the Erie Canal,” an art exhibit celebrating the canal’s bicentennial has opened at the Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St., Lockport. The exhibit organized by the Niagara ...

“As Big Ditch is named for the Erie Canal, the location and timing of the opening of the tap room and brewery coincides nicely with (the Erie Canal’s) bicentennial anniversary.” ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The Soo Locks will open a few days early this season, kicking off the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season at 8 a.m. on Friday, March 21. Soo Locks Park will be open for ...

“Images of the Erie Canal,” an art exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the canal’s opening, begins Friday at the Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St. The exhibit organized by the ...

A section of the UK's longest canal that has been closed since January for repair work will reopen on Friday. Locks 12 and 13 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, are having new handmade gates fitted.