The Erie Canal was a transformative public works project in American history. Stretching 351 miles from Albany to Buffalo, ...

Every May, Rochester, N.Y., turns purple. The hundreds of varieties of lilacs that have been planted in Rochester since the ...

Editor's Note: This content was originally published on The Conversation on 10/15/2025. If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns ...

AKRON, Ohio – The January Akron Roundtable event will feature Daniel M. Rice, president and CEO of the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition. The event is set for noon on Thursday, Jan. 22 at Quaker Station, ...

The Black River Audubon Society will present Jamey Emmert and her program “Trail Magic: Rediscovering Ohio’s Lake Erie Birding Trail Legacy.” The program starts at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Carlisle ...

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 ...

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 ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1825, the Erie Canal opened, providing overland water transportation between the ­­Hudson River and Lake Erie. New York Governor DeWitt Clinton convinced the New York State ...

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 ...

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GLENVILLE, N.Y. — 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 slowly ...

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 ...