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, ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York. The Marquis de Lafayette ...

The 363-mile-long Erie Canal, which linked farmlands and merchants in remote areas in and around the Great Lakes region with lucrative markets of the Eastern Seaboard, was completed on Oct. 26, 1825 — ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

The replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief arrived at Mohawk Harbor on Oct. 15, 2025, in Schenectady as part of a 33-day bicentennial voyage from Buffalo to New York Harbor commemorating Gov. DeWitt ...

The replica "Seneca Chief" celebrates 200th birthday of the Erie Canal by floating in the footsteps of original 500-mile voyage by NY Gov. Clinton from Buffalo to NYC Harbor, arriving Oct. 26, 1825 ...

The 1825 banquet was laid out on a 170-foot table shaded by a canopy of British flags captured in the Battle of Lake Erie. Lafayette was moved by the accounts of the battle and viewed War of 1812 ...