This year marks the 250th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal, and Cayuga County will be celebrating. The Canal Society of New York State will kick off the celebrations this weekend ...

Fourth graders learning about canal boats and locks. Photo courtesy of Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- Oneida County Tourism is holding an Erie Canal Bicentennial photo contest. To celebrate the anniversary, the organization is inviting everyone to share their love for the Erie Canal.

A recent acquisition to the Vigo County History Center includes two remnants of Indiana’s Wabash and Erie Canal. One is a 20-inch section of a weathered timber, 10-inch by 10-inch with a large ...

“It’s 102-years-old this year. It was built in 1923,” he said ... Great Lakes has done very well here in town,” he said. “This is us trying to build back Erie to what it can be.” ...

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the victim as 21-year-old Canyon McGarvey, of Erie. Cook said Tuesday that he has ruled McGarvey's death a homicide, but will wait to rule on the cause of the ...

On July 4, 1817, at Fort Bull in Rome, Oneida County, ground was broken for the first Erie Canal. It was the beginning of what would eventually be called “The Nation’s First Super Highway.” ...

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the victim as 21-year-old Canyon McGarvey, of Erie. Cook said Tuesday that he has ruled McGarvey's death a homicide, but will wait to rule on the cause of ...

There's good news for pickleball fans looking for courts to play on! The Erie Canal Pickleball Center just opened in the Dewitt Town Center in what used to be the Sky Zone trampoline park.