The winter maintenance period lasts into March and allows crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform needed ...

Firefighters in Lockport made a daring rescue on a furry friend Tuesday night. Find out how they were able to cross the icy ...

C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the M/V Al Sloss to Canal Barge Company, completing the first vessel in a four-boat ...

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Indigenous nations that the French called the Iroquois, engaged in canoe-based trade ...

Sewage from a tug boat that discharged into a harbour has been contained, according to port authorities. The BBC has been told that staff were informed in an email from Portland Port, Dorset, that ...

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 County from the arches of the Seneca ...

This week one of the nation’s earliest and most important public works projects, the 363-mile Erie Canal linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, marked its 200th anniversary. CALmatters is a public ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...

Oct. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1825, the Erie Canal, the United States' first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. The 500-mile ...

The replica Erie Canal boat, Seneca Chief, was welcomed to New York Harbor. Several reflected on the meaning of the journey on the 200th anniversary of the canal. Secret Service finds 17 'skimming' ...

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GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted replica of the vessel is ...