With the bicentennial of the Erie Canal taking place later this year, the focus of 2025 columns will be on the waterway that ...

Fairport, N.Y. — Wednesday marked a nautical farewell for three local Erie Canal tour boats. The Riverie, Sam Path and ...

Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, considered the largest outdoor festival of its kind, will have a special guest this year – the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief. Canal Fest of the Tonawandas is ...

On Saturday, May 25, the community is invited to attend an inauguration event, recognizing the completion of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief – the first boat to open the Erie Canal nearly 200 ...

Our correspondent states that when the Erie Canal is enlarged, a boat will be able to carry 240 tuns of wheat from Buffalo to New York in five days. A locomotive could do the same work on a ...

What’s in a name? On older maps you’ll see the names Macedon Locks, Lockville, and Macedonville directly linking our community of Macedon to the Erie Canal.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Ralph Wilson Park in Buffalo will soon be getting a pedestrian bridge more than 260 feet long and it’s arriving via boat. The first barge carrying two sections of ...

"Water Music New York" comprises seven barge concerts along the ... fish swim by as you celebrate the Erie Canal's birthday. Ride a Restored Canal Boat Between 1826 and 1836, the $4.7 million ...