From Tue., Oct. 7 through Sat., Oct. 11, the replica "Seneca Chief," recreating the 1825 voyage opening the Erie Canal, docks ...

The Buffalo Maritime Center's replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief is on a 33-day voyage, stopping this week in the ...

LOCKPORT — The Erie Canal changed the landscape, fueled the westward settlement of the United States, and created Lockport. The city will celebrate Erie Canal Bicentennial Week starting Sunday with a ...

PBS affiliates in New York state will begin airing America’s Stairway, the locally produced documentary exploring the impacts ...

The submission deadline is 4 p.m. Oct. 25. The exhibition will be open from Nov. 4-22 during regular business hours. Original work from adults and youth are requested. For more information visit ...

We’ll run two sessions on Thursdays; 1-3 and 5:30-7:30 ... excursions along the Champlain Canal by both land and water every Tuesday from the end of May through October, at 2:00pm. This year, in ...

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

The Erie Canal solidified New York’s reputation as the Empire State, but it also opened up an expressway for invasive species ...

A replica of the first boat to travel the Erie Canal 200 years ago is retracing the historic voyage from Buffalo to New York ...

In September 1825, the Seneca Chief left Buffalo for Manhattan—a moment that would help transform western New York State into a boomtown. Here’s how to celebrate the bicentennial. The World Canals ...

Schenectady and New York state are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, a ...

Buffalo Maritime Center’s replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief arrived in Rochester on Sept. 27 for its fourth port stop along its Bicentennial Voyage through the Erie Canal. The 33-day voyage ...