“I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal … Low bridge, everybody down.” It was a popular song we sang in music class in Martin Luther School when I was growing up in ...

There’s a lot of time to ponder the past and future of the Erie Canal as the Seneca Chief crawls its way through the channels and locks of the 200-year-old marvel. That’s on purpose, said Brian ...

The Erie Canal was once one of the country's most important trade routes. Some are questioning whether this historical relic is still worth the... A Piece Of The Past, A Price In The Present: Paying ...

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted replica of the vessel is ...

Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor nonfiction books "The Great Fire" and "An American Plague," brings the heyday of the Erie Canal to full technicolor life in his thrilling new children's novel, ...