KINGSTON, N.Y. — A replica original Erie Canal barge will stop at the Hudson River Maritime Museum on Oct. 21-22 as part of a 500-mile, 28-stop statewide tour celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The replica “Seneca Chief,” a floating museum and tribute to the original vessel carrying New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, stops ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

Marion S. Kelsey was the last person to pilot a boat across the Erie Canal's Rochester aqueduct in 1919. He spent 50 years piloting boats on the canal, with his favorite vessel being the steam packet ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection consists of photographs documenting the construction of the Erie Canal which was later renamed the New York State Barge Canal. Many of ...

For many Schenectady and Capital Region residents, riding west out of Schenectady on the Thruway, Route 5 or 5S usually means catching a dozen or more beautiful views of the Mohawk River. For many ...

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – As people from around the country and the world come to Western New York to learn about the historic Erie Canal, the World Canal Conference is celebrating the waterway’s 200th ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times great grandson DeWitt Silber joined Governor Hochul for a ...