I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.Two hundred years ago this week, the “Big Ditch” ...

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

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.

BATAVIA — Gretchen Murray Sepik, a professional storyteller, actress, author, playwright and illustrator based in Albion, gave a performance as ‘‘Erie Canal Sal’’ Saturday at the ARC Community Center ...

BATAVIA — The Youth Bureau will host playwright, author and illustrator Gretchen Murray Sepik at 11 a.m. Feb. 16 at the ARC Community Center, 38 Woodrow Rd. Sepik will present “Erie Canal Sal,” a ...

While much of the infrastructure of the Erie Canal era is preserved and documented, the lifeblood of the canal — the mules and hoggees — is quickly becoming erased. Boaters on today’s canal can relive ...

Although the Ohio & Erie Canal had a relatively brief heyday in the mid-19th century, the waterway left enduring marks on the landscape with remnants of its hand-dug channel and ruins of its huge ...

Spencerport, N.Y. — The town of Gates marked the bicentennial anniversary of the Erie Canal with a sold-out historical boat tour from Gates to Spencerport. The event featured insights from local ...