The canal began upon the shores of Lake Erie in Buffalo and traversed about 350 miles east, where it made a sudden southward turn around Troy and emptied into the Hudson River in downtown Albany.

Long before airways, highways, and even railways crisscrossed the country, rivers – our great waterways – were used regularly ...

"There's also a little canal that goes into that gate ... so it could be anywhere along Lake Erie shoreline.

the proposed 339-mile-long Erie Canal connecting the Hudson River at Albany, New York, to Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York, was designed to move cargo arriving in New York City from the Atlantic ...

Some 200 feet across at the base, the piled stones were largely hauled away after 1823 to build the “Northbank” of the ...

The full-sized replica of the Erie Canal boat “Seneca Chief” is wintering in Lockport’s Flight of Five Locks before it leaves again for Buffalo in May. The Buffalo Maritime Center built the boat ...

For the next year, Peter Frank is canoeing a 9,700km route in the eastern U.S. known as the Great Loop. And he's doing it the ...

In 1825, John Quincy Adams was inaugurated as sixth president of the United States. The Erie Canal opened a crucial ...

For many people (including this author) who are Erie Canal enthusiasts, today, October 26th, is one of the most influential ...

1825: The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. 1861: The legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, ...