ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A financial grant is heading toward the Albany waterway in the continued effort to redevelop the eastern end of the Erie Canal. The $85,000 grant will be used to start an ...

The luck is that Troy was here on the eastern end of the Erie Canal. (soft music) - So one of the amazing things about the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal is that the engineers did not have ...

The greatest challenge was elevation: Lake Erie, the canal’s western terminus, is more than 570 feet above sea level. The Hudson River at Waterford, New York, the eastern terminus, is a mere 16. ...

Ahead of the Heroes of Irish America Awards in Buffalo, NY, author Tim Bohen reflects on the city's storied Irish links. Irish immigrants flocked ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

With this year being the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal, volunteers will have opportunities to help the ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. Explore the past, present, and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. We are diving deep ...