Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...

The Erie Canal Bicentennial will end this year, commemorating the canal’s history of displacing communities, including the ...

This August 2022 photo shows a small section of an Arnold Irrigation District canal near Bend lined with concrete. For more than a century, Central Oregonians have thrived — and at times withered — ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

The Seneca Chief, a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, arrived in New York City on Sunday, ...

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

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Aaron Goode, top left, leading a canal history walking tour. Clockwise from top right: Walking ...

In the past 20 years, the country has transformed its decrepit coal-transport infrastructure into a thriving recreational wonderland Corey Buhay The author and a friend paddled the 200-year-old Forth ...