A former prisoner helped spur the Erie Canal’s construction. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York became known as the “father of the Erie Canal” for championing the construction of the ...

DeWitt Clinton. Yet shortly after the locks opened in 1825, completing a man-made waterway that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, the critics were silenced, and the Erie Canal ...

DeWitt Clinton took a boat from Buffalo to Albany and then New York City and poured water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known as the Wedding of the Waters. The canal, which has ...

This year’s bicentennial events include a 400-mile bike ride, history tours and canal concerts along one of North America’s ...

Dewitt Clinton traveled on while celebrating the Erie Canal’s opening in 1825, will stop in Cayuga County on Oct. 2. There will be other events as well, such as historical presentations ...

The historic replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief has arrived at Canalside (from its winter berth in Lockport), marking the official launch of the Erie Canal Boat Summer Series.

Discover the magic of a New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal. Slow travel back to 1817, when construction began ...