Here's what it was like for writer Erik Trinidad to take a self-guided houseboat trip—with history, small towns, wildlife, ...

American Great Lakes cruise launching in 2026 will make stops in Syracuse, Clayton, Rochester, Niagara Falls and Buffalo before ending in Cleveland.

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary, and News10NBC is highlighting its significance as a gateway for boaters across the country. Jennifer Lewke reported from Fairport ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

In Lockport, Captain Roger Murphy and his family have been sharing the canal's history for nearly four decades through Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises. 21,232 people played the daily Crossword ...

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip ...

The Erie Canal is largely quiet now, but when the Seneca Chief set sail for Manhattan from Buffalo, New York, on September 24, 1825, this inaugural voyage heralded a century-long revenue stream.

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

Thomas Jefferson called the Erie Canal “little short of madness.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. Now, 200 years later, New York’s canalside villages, towns, and cities are celebrating all the ways ...

In September 1825, the Seneca Chief left Buffalo for Manhattan—a moment that would help transform western New York State into a boomtown. Here’s how to celebrate the bicentennial.