A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Discover the magic of a New York canal cruise on the iconic Erie Canal. Slow travel back to 1817, when construction began ...

With summer just around the corner and families looking to get out of the house for weekend fun, many chose to stop by Fairport’s annual Canal Days! Despite ...

Built in the mid-nineteenth century, the Black River Canal served as the headwaters of the Erie Canal, right in the ...

The Erie Canal turns 200 years old this year, but with heavy rainfall delaying the waterway’s opening, some boaters are left ...

The Erie Canal museum will host a lecture and walking tour Saturday in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit 200 years ...

The Erie Canal turns 200 this year, and New York is marking the occasion with a summer-long celebration honoring the canal's ...

Thousands gathered in the heart of the village of Fairport for the second day of the 49th Canal Days Festival.

DeWitt Clinton took a boat from Buffalo to Albany and then New York City and poured water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known as the Wedding of the Waters. The canal, which has ...

ALBANY — The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary of connecting New York City and upstate New York to the Great Lakes, but the 338-mile waterway will not be completely open for the ...

The bicentennial of the Erie Canal and local events celebrating it will be the subject of the next edition of an Owasco museum's history series. Dan Wiles will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at ...

The Erie School Board is poised to pass a final budget that would reduce property tax bills by about $60 per homeowner in 2025-26. That's right. Taxes would go down. The topsy-turvy situation once ...