WATERFORD, N.Y. (WNYT) – From history to adventure, the Erie Canal has long been a symbol of New York’s heritage – and this time, I decided to experience it in a whole new way: by kayak. In the latest ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...
As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on Oct. 26, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s displacement of Native American communities.