This year marks the 250th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal, and Cayuga County will be celebrating.

Because of the Erie Canal, Rochester became America’s first “boomtown ... Philander Curtis left Camillus, New York, in 1825 to check out land possibilities in Parma. He liked what he saw and ...

The Ralph Wilson Conservancy and the Erie Canalway ... funded by a grant from the New York Press Service. She focuses ...

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation have released new educational materials ...

Crews were called to Buffalo Road near the Erie Canal shortly before 4:00 p.m. According to the ... David Wagenhauser, a former Democratic candidate for New York’s 24th congressional district seat who ...

Two hundred years ago, a group of young men — mostly Irish and German — volunteered to dig a ditch deep enough, wide enough, ...

The Genesee River runs through the city, and it’s near the Erie Canal, making it an ideal base for exploring upstate New York. I visited Rochester in the spring. The Erie Canal was empty and the ...

Got an old mule and her name is Sal, 15 miles on the Erie Canal!” These famous lyrics from the classic song The Erie Canal remind us of ...

This project marks just the beginning of Buffalo's efforts to expand the Erie Canal narrative and foster connections across our New York State community as we approach the Bicentennial celebration ...

Reflections on 200 Years of the Erie Canal” is now open at the Everson Museum of Art, a project created with the collaboration of the ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- Oneida County Tourism is holding an Erie Canal Bicentennial photo contest. To celebrate the anniversary, the ...