Fairport, N.Y. — It was a nautical farewell Wednesday for three Erie Canal tour boats marking the end of the passenger season ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oct. 15—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 ...

Long before airways, highways, and even railways crisscrossed the country, rivers – our great waterways – were used regularly ...

The Erie Canal opened Oct. 26, 1825 and proved one of the most successful public works projects in American history, ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. — The Erie Canalway National Heritage ... provided by the National Park Service and NYS Canal Corporation. “These exceptional images are a perfect invitation to visit the ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 54-year-old man was rescued by City of Tonawanda Police after he fell off a bridge and into the Erie Canal Thursday night, police said Friday. Police were called after ...

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 ...