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 ...

This article originally appeared in the Conversation. Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities ...

Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey on Erie Canal from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark waterway's 200th anniversary The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As we celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, it’s important to recognize its crucial role in the Underground Railroad from its inception in 1825 until the early 1860s. The ...

The 363-mile-long Erie Canal, which linked farmlands and merchants in remote areas in and around the Great Lakes region with lucrative markets of the Eastern Seaboard, was completed on Oct. 26, 1825 — ...