There was a time when canals were part of the roadways of America east of the Mississippi River, connecting the small towns and villages to the big cities and allowing merchants and farmers to move ...

You've definitely heard the saying "the journey is the destination." When the road is as spectacular as the Whitewater Canal Scenic Byway, you'll be turning your head at every town you pass. This ...

Seven weeks after historic flooding swept through much of Metamora, the small Indiana canal town is welcoming visitors back.

A University of Iowa study supports an earlier UI report that found polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. The study also ...

A new archaeological project seeks to learn more about Indiana's canal period. About a hundred and fifty years ago Indiana nearly bankrupted itself building a statewide canal system. The episode was ...

EPA and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) approved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) request to use its East Chicago, Ind., confined disposal facility (CDF) to dispose ...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - More sediment will be removed from an Indiana canal to allow barges with full loads to use waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge 182,300 cubic yards (139 ...

EPA and project partners have completed the feasibility study evaluating options for remediating sediments with PCBs at or above 50 parts per million (ppm) in the Indiana Harbor Canal. EPA’s Great ...

Researchers have found high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the deep sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. Scientists say the discovery is ...

A new study supports an earlier report that found polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal in East Chicago, Ind. The study also presents data showing that ...