FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th anniversary, and News10NBC is highlighting its significance as a gateway for boaters across the country. Jennifer Lewke reported from Fairport ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Taylor.Anthony@wkbw.com LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie Canal is celebrating 200 years this year. In ...

When my friend, Erik, first floated the idea of a self-piloted voyage along the Erie Canal, I did the math. From my apartment in Rochester, New York, I can drive west to the town of Spencerport in 21 ...

The Erie Canal, seen here in Pittsford, N.Y., opened up western regions to trade, immigration and social change. Andre Carrotflower via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, ...

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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“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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...

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