FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, once a vital commercial waterway, has transformed into a hub for outdoor recreation. News10NBC’s Brett Davidsen is familiar with the trails and even rode his bike ...
The historic replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief has arrived at Canalside (from its winter berth in Lockport), marking the official launch of the Erie Canal Boat Summer Series. Of course the ...
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Gliding through history and my own home on the Erie Canal
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 ...
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 ...
Oct. 7—BUFFALO — The Seneca Chief was the first vessel to float from Buffalo to New York in 1825. It was 73 feet long and weighed 40 tons. Two hundred years later, a replica of the boat will make that ...
For members of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, Confederacy, the commemoration in 2025 of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal is a bittersweet event. In the decades before the canal was built, during ...
Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief’s return to the Lockport Locks next week will be a homecoming of a sort. The vessel that’s re-enacting New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 1825 Erie Canal-opening voyage ...
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