Two centuries on, the Erie Canal’s legacy — engineering marvel, economic catalyst and instrument of displacement — still flows through New York’s history.

One winning team was picked from elementary schools in the Herkimer, Frankfort-Schuyler and Central Valley districts. .

For members of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, Confederacy, the commemoration in 2025 of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal is a bittersweet event.

Schenectady welcomed The Seneca Chief to Mohawk Harbor Tuesday. The full-scale replica of the first boat to sail the canal is ...

Hundreds gather in Rome, birthplace of the Erie Canal, to welcome the replica Seneca Chief en route to NYC, celebrating the ...

Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a ...

To Haudenosaunee people, the canal represents genocide and ecocide, including the desecration of Onondaga Lake, write representatives of American Indian Law Alliance.

The invasive species that has inflicted the most environmental and economic harm on the Great Lakes is the zebra mussel. Zebra mussels traveled from Eurasia via the ballast water of transoceanic ships ...

A wreck near the Dollar General on Erie Canal Road has caused the northbound lanes to be closed, and authorities are on scene ...

A handcrafted reproduction of the "Seneca Chief" stops in Baldwinsville as part of a multi-city journey marking the Erie ...

There have been 200 years of cruising down the Erie Canal, but that wouldn’t be possible without locks. Locks are essential ...

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 docks at the Hudson ...