Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Lockport, Captain Roger Murphy and his family have been sharing the canal's history for nearly four decades through Lockport ...

The 350-mile Erie Canal cuts across New York State from Albany to Buffalo. Built between 1817 and 1825 as a means of transportation for goods and people, the canal today is a recreational waterway, ...

A scenic fall view of the Erie Canal in Pittsford, New York. “Slow travel” is trending, and from my experience, there’s nothing slower—or more relaxing—than canal cruising. And it's not just because ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Taylor.Anthony@wkbw.com LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie Canal is celebrating 200 years this year. In ...

He worked six summers as a deckhand on Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises tour boats -- helping tourists have a great time, rain or shine. He regaled them with information as they locked through ...

Thomas Jefferson called the Erie Canal “little short of madness.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. Now, 200 years later, New York’s canalside villages, towns, and cities are celebrating all the ways ...