The Erie Canal, once mocked as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was built 200 years ago by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Now, his five times ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

When the Erie Canal was created between 1817 and 1825 ... Although portions of the canal can be traversed on tour boats, ...

GLENVILLE, N.Y.(AP) — Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted replica of the vessel is ...

This perfect Ohioan trail for bikers and pedestrians connects a variety of areas with shops, eateries, wildlife viewing spots ...

The Erie Canal is largely quiet now, but when the Seneca Chief set sail for Manhattan from Buffalo, New York, on September 24, 1825, this inaugural voyage heralded a century-long revenue stream.

The Seneca Chief arrives at Pier 26 in Tribeca, its last stop on a 33-day journey from Buffalo via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. The boat is a replica of the original Seneca Chief on which Gov.

The replica Erie Canal boat, Seneca Chief, was welcomed to New York Harbor. Several reflected on the meaning of the journey ...

“I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal … Low bridge, everybody down.” It was a popular song we sang in music class in Martin Luther School when I was growing up in ...