The Erie Canal Artisan Festival is a first-of-its-kind three-day event that will celebrate art, culture, and history. Slated for Sept. 26 to 28, across the canalside towns of Medina, Albion and Holley ...
Upstate New York’s Erie Canal offers countless ways to explore its scenic beauty and history. Whether you prefer to walk, bike, drive, or even pilot your own boat, there’s something for every kind of ...
Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Taylor.Anthony@wkbw.com LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie Canal is celebrating 200 years this year. In ...
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The Erie Canal: How a 'big ditch' transformed America's economy, culture and even religion
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, ...
HALFMOON, N.Y. — The Town of Halfmoon will host a special community celebration on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 3 p.m., at Halfmoon Town Park, located at 162 Route 236, to mark the 200th anniversary of the ...
The newly opened “Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal,” at Canalside in Buffalo commemorates the Erie Canal Bicentennial. The engaging new visitor experience, a 2,900-square-foot ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Life on the Erie Canal in the 19th century is being kept alive by a local historian. Victoria Schmitt, a local independent culture historian, has studied the Erie Canal and Rochester ...
As we make our way through 2026, we will shine a light on facets of our community that contribute to an Amazing America. We start this series with a transformative waterway that played a pivotal role ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Residents and visitors gathered at Canalside to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the "Wedding of the Waters," marking the official opening of the Erie Canal and honoring its lasting ...
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 ...
The Erie Canal Artisan Festival is a first-of-its-kind three-day event that will celebrate art, culture, and history. Slated for Sept. 26 to 28, across the canalside towns of Medina, Albion and Holley ...
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