This year’s festival, which will be held at the Waterford Harbor and Lock E2, will celebrate the opening of the Erie Canal’s 200th season with boat tours, music, vendors, walking tours ...

Got an old mule and her name is Sal, 15 miles on the Erie Canal!” These famous lyrics from the classic song The Erie Canal remind us of ...

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 ...

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation have released new educational materials ...

As we kick off a remarkable three-year span, we must recognize the profound significance of the anniversaries approaching locally and nationally. We are presented with a unique opportunity to ...

Two hundred years ago, a group of young men — mostly Irish and German — volunteered to dig a ditch deep enough, wide enough, ...

In this episode on Tekniq, we witness ships passing through the famous Panama Canal, followed by the daily operation of tugboats. Greenland's prime minister says Arctic island doesn’t want to be ...

If you are desperate to see the canal in action but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 hours a day. To do a deeper dive into the ...

The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks designed by the US Army Corps of Engineers raised ships from ocean level to Gatun Lake ...

Further modifications in 1918 allowed for self-propelled vessels, which did not require mules, resulting in the current Erie Barge Canal. Lockport’s famous Flight of Five locks are perhaps one ...

Police encouraged any possible victims or anyone with information to call 303-441-4444 to speak with an Erie officer. Originally Published: January 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM MST ...