Our tour with our group began the next morning with a walking tour in Casco Viejo, the Old City, built by the Spaniards in the late 1600’s: a cathedral, elegant Spanish buildings, embassies, and ...

Lower‑than‑average Great Lakes water levels are forcing freighters to watch loads even as cruise lines forecast record passenger growth.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As we make our way through 2026, we will shine a light on facets of our community that contribute to an Amazing America. We start this series with a transformative waterway that ...

The historic Erie Canal's bicentennial was celebrated in style during 2025 in cities, towns and villages along the roughly 350-mile long waterway connecting Lake Erie and Buffalo to the Hudson River ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. (WNYT) – From history to adventure, the Erie Canal has long been a symbol of New York’s heritage – and this time, I decided to experience it in a whole new way: by kayak. In the latest ...

Two years after cruise lines stopped sailing through the Suez Canal because of the Middle East conflict, two ships will sail between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea in November with a full ...

What was the most significant event in the history of Chicago? The Great Chicago Fire? Wrong. The 1893 World’s Fair? Wrong. The Cubs winning the World Series in 2016? Tempting ... but no. Those don’t ...

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, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, embarked from Buffalo, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

There’s a lot of time to ponder the past and future of the Erie Canal as the Seneca Chief crawls its way through the channels and locks of the 200-year-old marvel. That’s on purpose, said Brian ...

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