The book will detail the history of the canal, introduce readers to charming canal towns and and feature photos detailing a ...

The book will detail the history of the canal, introduce readers to charming canal towns and feature photos of the canal that ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Maritime Center is recreating the historic maiden voyage of the Seneca Chief, the first boat to travel the entire Erie Canal. The replica of the Seneca Chief is traveling ...

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NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Seneca Chief, a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, arrived in New York City on Sunday, just in time for the canal’s 200th birthday. The boat has now ...

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The 363-mile-long Erie Canal, which linked farmlands and merchants in remote areas in and around the Great Lakes region with lucrative markets of the Eastern Seaboard, was completed on Oct. 26, 1825 — ...

Back in the 1850s, the canal linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, providing traders with shipping access all the way to ...

Baldwinsville, N.Y. – The “Seneca Chief” sailed into Baldwinsville’s Paper Mill Island Friday evening, its polished wooden frame catching the fading sunlight as a crowd gathered along the canal’s edge ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Residents and visitors gathered at Canalside to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the "Wedding of the Waters," marking the official opening of the Erie Canal and honoring its lasting ...

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 ...