The Erie Canal, a major achievement in transportation infrastructure that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and ignited American economic development, was completed on this day in ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal, the waterway connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean. The canal slashed the time and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A floating museum stopped in Rochester on Wednesday. The “Seneca Chief” is a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, nearly 200 years ago. It is set to make ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York. The Marquis de Lafayette ...

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 ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” The project ...

The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived at Mohawk Harbor on Oct. 15, 2025, in Schenectady as part of a 33-day bicentennial voyage from Buffalo to New York Harbor commemorating Gov. DeWitt ...

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 ...

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 ...