The city of Utica and the town of Lyons were selected for the Empire State Trail Town program, the nonprofit organization Parks & Trails New York announced. Utica and Lyons will now join 11 other ...
The New York Power Authority and New York State Canal Corporation today announced that nine upstate municipalities and nonprofits have been awarded approximately $1 million combined in grants fr. . .
More than 200 years after the Erie Canal opened to the public, its influence on the economic, cultural, and agricultural development of New York state — and ...
I recently read “The Mohawk” by Codman Hislop,  who taught American Civilization at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
The New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor are offering competitive grant funding to support tourism, recreation, and events along the New York State Canal ...
The Empire State Trail, including the Erie Canalway, offers 750 miles of recreation from NYC to Buffalo, and from Albany to the Canadian border.
When the Erie Canal was created between 1817 and 1825, it was an engineering wonder — and still is today. Consisting of an intricate system of 83 locks, the canal made it possible to travel from ...
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 ...
If you live along the banks of the Mohawk River, you might be familiar with The New York State Canal Corporation’s ice breaking efforts. WAMC spent a day aboard the organization’s newest ice breaking ...