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

Housed in a former generator station, the Erie Maritime Museum leans into the maritime history of the region, especially as ...

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming the city it is today.

Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...

If your town is set between two bodies of water, it's going to be hard for you to have a bad time. This small Pennsylvania ...

Over District” gave birth to new churches after the Erie Canal’s creation: Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as Mormons, in Fayette, New York, in 1830.

Fans of witchery and dress-up fun gather every year in Sandusky for a parade and dance party. This year they attempted to set ...

The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie, facilitating access from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Construction began in 1817 under the leadership of ...

With their eighth shutout of the season, the Timberwolves have tied the program’s single-season record set in 2023. The ...

Unless something unforeseen occurs, Frederick, Legacy and Silver Creek did enough to get into the football playoffs in Week 10.

Lorain County is nearing completion of the Gerber-Becket Stream and Wetland Restoration, the new nature-based infrastructure project encompassing about 60 acres of wetland, according to the Lorain ...