LOCKPORT, NY (WKBW) — The 27th annual Cycle the Erie Canal bike tour kicked off on July 12 from Buffalo and will arrive in ...

As the Erie Canal marks its 200 th year since its full operation between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, the Democrat and ...

Considered a marvel of engineering, the canal opened in Oct. 26, 1825, with great fanfare and became an engine of growth of cities and commerce in America.

The Erie Canal is turning 200. New York is throwing a summer-long party. The waterway, one of the continent’s most significant, has a history full of abolitionism, commerce and cultural connection.

About 600 bicyclists are poised to ride through part of Orleans County Sunday and Monday as Cycle the Erie Canal makes its way from Buffalo to Albany.

FOR LARGER ERIE CANAL; Buffalo Experts Declare Montreal Route Could Not Compete. WOULD LACK RETURN CARGOES Any Advantage Canadian Canals Might Gain in Trade Would Be Won Back by the 14-Foot Erie ...

In fact, there were commercial canals built before the Erie Canal along this route, including one built in Little Falls by Western Inland Lock Navigation Co. in the late 1700s by Philip Schuyler ...

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” The ...

Community leaders share how the construction of the Erie Canal impacted the Haudenosaunee people. The Erie Canal helped build a nation, but devastated the Haudenosaunee. Leaders of the ...

The advent of the Erie Canal was years in the making with debate about who was going to pay for it and which route it would take.