On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

In fact, there were commercial canals built before the Erie Canal along this route, including one built in Little Falls by Western Inland Lock Navigation Co. in the late 1700s by Philip Schuyler ...

Corn Hill Waterfront & Navigation Foundation (CHN) recently kicked off the year-long Erie Canal Bicentennial by announcing a ...