Rome welcomes the replica "Seneca Chief,"Oct. 8, as the vessel traces the 500-mile maiden voyage of the original mini-barge, carrying NY Gov. Clinton to mark the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. An ...

The historic Erie Canal's bicentennial was celebrated in style during 2025 in cities, towns and villages along the roughly 350-mile long waterway connecting Lake Erie and Buffalo to the Hudson River ...

Step aboard the 25th Annual Tugboat Roundup in Waterford, NY — the gateway to the Erie and Champlain Canals. This annual gathering brings together working and historic tugs, mini-tugs, and barges for ...

Explore & More and the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) are working together to organize an app-based, adults-only scavenger hunt around Canalside. In celebration of the ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host a Bikes, Beers & Barges guided cycling tour tomorrow, July 24, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20, and you can register online. The 90-minute, 5-mile guided tour will take ...

The Chandlery has officially opened its doors at Canalside. Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) recently made the announcement that the $14.25 million project, led by the Erie Canal ...

Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., created in July 2005 to guide waterfront development, hires programmers and is involved with long-term planning. It’s a subsidiary of Empire State Development, the ...

As New York marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this fall, UB faculty member Marla Segol is helping bring the canal’s stories — both famous and forgotten — into the spotlight. Segol is a ...

Seneca Chief makes it way to Bellamy Harbor Park in Rome along the Erie Canal The replica Seneca Chief stopped at Bellamy Harbor Park as part of the Erie Canal's Bicentennial Celebration.

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Visitors to this weekend's pond hockey tournament on the waterfront may have taken some time to visit the nearby Erie Canal Harbor as well. If they did, they didn't learn as much about Buffalo's rich ...