The superhighway of its day, the Erie Canal helped connect the eastern part of the nation with the West. This was a boon to ...

Two centuries after the Erie Canal was opened with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted ...

The BBC is told that France is backing away from a commitment to intervene more forcefully in the English Channel.

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and Buffalo.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military had struck another boat suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean, ...

A heritage site in Stoke-on-Trent is appealing for volunteers to help maintain an old working narrowboat. Middleport Pottery is looking for people who can give two days of their time to help service ...

The Schuylkill Haven 275th Anniversary committee recently buried a time capsule beneath the remnants of Schuylkill Canal Lock No. 12 in the borough’s Parkway concourse. The location of the capsule was ...

Baldwinsville, N.Y. – The “Seneca Chief” sailed into Baldwinsville’s Paper Mill Island Friday evening, its polished wooden frame catching the fading sunlight as a crowd gathered along the canal’s edge ...

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — This weekend, Central New York welcomes the "Seneca Chief," a handcrafted replica of the Erie Canal boat that first set sail in 1825. As part of the Erie Canal's 200th ...

NEWARK — As Mayor Jonathan Taylor attempted to read his welcoming address celebrating the arrival of the Seneca Chief, his microphone continued to cut out. Brian Trzeciak acknowledged the technical ...

A charity has said several abandoned boats will be removed from a canal in Leicestershire after residents called for them to be cleared. People living in Loughborough have appealed on social media for ...