Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image was taken from orbit above the Erie Canal. This composite image, based on satellite data, shows the path of the Erie ...

Where is the old Erie Canal in relation to today’s Barge Canal? When he overlaid the old and new maps, he found canals he ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for canal ...

The Erie Canal turns 200 years old this year, but with heavy rainfall delaying the waterway’s opening, some boaters are left adrift – not that they are too upset about it. Matthew Bastian is a 62-year ...

LYONS, N.Y. – The Erie Canal opened 200 years ago and one of the reasons why it continues to work today is the work that happens out of view. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean got access to ...

PORT BYRON — Canal enthusiasts from around the globe have been waiting for over 20 years for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park in Port Byron to come to life.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 200 years ago this month, the Erie Canal officially opened. In October 1825, Governor DeWitt Clinton traveled the entire canal and poured water from Lake Erie into the harbor of New ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

Two centuries later, the canal is still one of the greatest engineering feats in American history. This image of the Erie Canal was made using satellite data. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory ...