The first batch of boats to enter Erie Canal Lock 2 in Waterford on Friday, the opening day of the state's canal system. The canal locks are open through Oct. 16. Boaters line up to enter Erie Canal ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the opening of the 2023 Navigation Season for the 524-mile New York State Canal system, kicking off the 199th consecutive opening of the historic ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Canal system has officially opened for the 2022 Navigation Season. The locks and lift bridges will be operated daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended ...

Although many sections are currently seeing boat traffic, the entire opening the New York State Canal System, which allows boats to travel from one end of the state to the other, and in and out of ...

Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available today. That will change when Lock 47, part of where the canal once coursed ...

The Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex system of levees, floodgates and locks will protect about 2,000 sq mi of land and 200,000 residents in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in Louisiana. Rendering ...

The New York State Canal Corporation today announced that much of the 524-mile Barge Canal System will open for through navigation of the locks by July 4 as maintenance and construction projects are ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

WATERFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The 2024 navigation season for recreational vessels to operate on the New York State Canal System concluded on Wednesday, October 16. New York State Canal Corporation ...

Emergency crews were on scene to help rescue a man who reportedly fell into a canal lock. According to a statement from the NYS Canal Corporation, an employee was injured while working at Erie Canal ...