Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for canal ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Erie Canal played an instrumental part in Syracuse becoming the city it is today. Many have forgotten about the impacts the canal has had on the city’s development, but ...

The Erie Canal turns 200 years old this year, but with heavy rainfall delaying the waterway’s opening, some boaters are left adrift – not that they are too upset about it. Matthew Bastian is a 62-year ...

LYONS, N.Y. – The Erie Canal opened 200 years ago and one of the reasons why it continues to work today is the work that happens out of view. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean got access to ...

There’s a lot of time to ponder the past and future of the Erie Canal as the Seneca Chief crawls its way through the channels and locks of the 200-year-old marvel. That’s on purpose, said Brian ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 200 years ago this month, the Erie Canal officially opened. In October 1825, Governor DeWitt Clinton traveled the entire canal and poured water from Lake Erie into the harbor of New ...

The Seneca Chief - a floating time capsule - is sailing the Erie Canal again, honoring history with a symbolic trip to Manhattan. 'An absolute smoking gun': Shocking documents reveal Trump using ICE ...