Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and ...

Americans’ pockets hold digital devices delivering oceans of information and distractions. But another technology that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, ...

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

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.

For members of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, Confederacy, the commemoration in 2025 of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal ...

The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, first opening in 1825, and New York State is marking the occasion with the Seneca Chief. A full-scale reproduction of the original Erie ...

Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark Erie Canal's ...

Friends Of The Buffalo Story, Red Thread Theatre, Imagine Theatre, and Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation present the world premiere of On the Canal, book, music, and lyrics by Neal Radice, ...