Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Power Authority had hired Benjamin R. Walsh as the next Director of the New York State Canal Corporation.

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the canal is ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, talks about ...

To commemorate the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation are pleased to announce the release of a new Junior Ranger ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – To celebrate the Erie Canal and its modern day use, the National Park Service and New York State Canal Corporation are challenging people to get outside. The challenge, which is ...

New Yorkers are being encouraged to spend time outdoors for the holiday season and celebrate the New Year at state parks, ...

Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of New York State’s Erie Canal begin this month, offering unique recreational activities for summer vacationers. ByGary Stoller, Contributor. Forbes ...

Thousands of volunteers across New York State will be out helping to clean debris and litter ahead of Earth Day. The annual Canal Clean Sweep event provides opportunities for communities to help clean ...

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 ...

ALBION — More than 3,000 volunteers statewide are expected to help clean up debris and litter along New York’s greenway trails during the annual Canal Clean Sweep. The Canal Clean Sweep is organized ...