A replica original Erie Canal barge will stop at the Hudson River Maritime Museum on Oct. 21-22 as part of a 500-mile, 28-stop statewide tour celebrating the opening of the Erie ...

The Erie Canal Artisan Festival is a first-of-its-kind three-day event that will celebrate art, culture, and history. Slated for Sept. 26 to 28, across the canalside towns of Medina, Albion and Holley ...

What, no fireworks? The public reaction to the 200th anniversary this year of groundbreaking for the Erie Canal is curious. Maybe the date is too vague — it took six more years of serious shoveling ...

It’s been two steps forward and one step back for the Gowanus Canal cleanup this week — or one barge, rather. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that a boat transporting toxic ...

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For as long as there have been maps of Florida, there have been men who have looked at them and thought: "Gee, it sure would be nice not to have to go all the way around." Enter the Cross Florida ...

Toxic pollutants beneath the Pine Street Barge Canal appear to be mostly corralled and tamed — so far. Off-bounds to casual visitors, the heavily polluted site retains some of its pre-industrial charm ...