I booked a canal houseboat through Erie Canal Adventures, just outside of Rochester, New York. They rent vessels equipped ...

In September 1825, the Seneca Chief left Buffalo for Manhattan—a moment that would help transform western New York State into a boomtown. Here’s how to celebrate the bicentennial. The World Canals ...

It’s only within the last two decades that attention focused on the canal’s original Flight of Five lock system, an engineering marvel in its day, but more or less ignored after the canal was enlarged ...

Children with autism can be prone to wandering and are often drawn to water. Parents are often faced with the burden on their ...

When Congress fails to fund the National Park Service and other federal agencies, the parks must close many of their ...

The Erie Canal is largely quiet now, but when the Seneca Chief set sail for Manhattan from Buffalo, New York, on September 24, 1825, this inaugural voyage heralded a century-long revenue stream.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The cost of the latest project at the Soo Locks is reportedly coming down. According to The Detroit News, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the cost estimate for the ...

As people from around the country and the world come to Western New York to learn about the historic Erie Canal, the World Canal Conference is celebrating the waterway’s 200th anniversary.Chief ...

The Blackstone Canal was built in the 1820s to connect Worcester, Massachusetts, to the Port of Providence in Rhode Island.

Works to repair a Doncaster canal lock will be done “as quickly as possible,” bosses have said, amid fears of pollution and ...

ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A forgotten roll of 8-millimeter film was recently found, containing never-before-seen footage of the 1961 wall collapse at Wheeler Lock. This rediscovered film, captured by ...

A "huge amount" of silt due to the summer dry weather means a canal lock will remain closed to protect a city's historic docks until November while they are dredged. The Canal and River Trust said ...