As we approach the end of October, the bicentennial of the Erie Canal is winding down. On Oct. 3, we welcomed the Seneca Chief and her tug Churchill to Cayuga ...
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 ...
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Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey on Erie Canal from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark waterway's 200th anniversary The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived ...
If you visit the Erie Canal today, you'll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...
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Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a full-scale replica of the first canal boat to travel the historic route. The boat ...
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th birthday. To mark the milestone, a replica of the 1825 boat the Seneca Chief is making its way down the famous New York waterway. The ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...
Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...