The Erie Canal's bicentennial season has come to an end. However, several viewers have noticed that the canal's water hasn't ...

Explore the 300-mile route through Upstate New York by foot, bike, boat or car with attractions just steps from the water.

A visit to the Finger Lakes is essential for every New York connoisseur, and one adorable town by the Erie Canal is a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Want a chance for your work to be featured in the 2026 Erie Canalway Calendar? Well the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is calling for entries for its annual Erie Canalway ...

Read Part 2 of this story. If you grew up in New York State, as I did, at some point, your public school education included the history of the state. I grew up far upstate, in Otsego County, and we ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ALBANY, N.Y. >> The New York State Museum will open the first phase of a new exhibit honoring the ...

This article is by Jack Kelly, the author of Heaven’s Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal (St. Martin’s Press), a lively account of the canal and the many excitement generated along its ...

Thirteen miles of the Erie Canal passed through southern Saratoga County, much of which was in the Town of Clifton Park. It caused growth and increased activity in the hamlets of Crescent, Rexford and ...

The Daily Orange has you covered this holiday season. Listen to Kenny G’s jazz, spend a few hours at The Nutcracker or get in ...

7 Ways to Celebrate the Erie Canal's 200th Birthday When construction began in 1817, the proposed 339-mile-long Erie Canal connecting the Hudson River at Albany, New York, to Lake Erie at Buffalo, New ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Walsh will be the next director of the New York State Canal Corporation. The Syracuse mayor, who ...