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

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

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid ...

The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so audacious ...

Over District” gave birth to new churches after the Erie Canal’s creation: Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as Mormons, in Fayette, New York, in 1830.

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

One of America’s first major public works projects is marking its 200th anniversary — and seeking a path to the future.

The replica “Seneca Chief,” a floating museum and tribute to the original vessel carrying New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, stops at ports in the Mohawk Valley as it floats in the footsteps of the ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

In honor of the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal, as well as Gov. DeWitt Clinton’s historic journey from Buffalo to New York Harbor, the Buffalo Maritime Center ...

The Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady this week welcomed the Seneca Chief to its docks as part of the bicentennial celebration of the Erie Canal. The replica is traveling from Buffalo to New York City, ...