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Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

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Ada County Highway District commissioners declared an emergency over a “catastrophic failure of a critical canal segment” that serves thousands of Boise residents. The agency is now in a race against ...

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 ...

Floating bogs are being used to help transform a once heavily polluted stretch of canal into a garden haven for wildlife. Coir rolls, which are derived from the husk of coconuts, have been used by ...

A post mortem is due to be carried out following the tragic discovery A POLICE investigation has been launched into an “unexplained” death after a body was pulled from a canal. Cops have confirmed ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a full-scale replica of the first canal boat to travel the historic route. The boat ...

Canal Winchester voters this fall will choose from seven candidates vying for four seats on city council. Incumbents Laurie Amick and Patrick Shea are seeking reelection and are being challenged by ...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th birthday. To mark the milestone, a replica of the 1825 boat the Seneca Chief is making its way down the famous New York waterway. The ...