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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 ...
The Niagara History Center is hosting a student art contest in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. Students in any Niagara County school, aged 7 to 18 years, are invited to ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Corn Hill Navigation announced its plans to commemorate the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary on Wednesday. The event highlighted the scheduled year of programming events that ...
Park Manager for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park Dan Wiles said 200 ... you can see an interactive map of events and locations by visiting the Parks & Trails NY website at this link ...
In Clyde, the SPAN group will clean the Erie Canal Path through Lauraville Landing Park on Sunday ... are available via an interactive map on the Parks & Trails NY website.
With this year being the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal, volunteers will have opportunities to help the waterway and surrounding area look their best this weekend and next.
Rochester, N.Y. — A bicentennial anniversary is right around the corner for the Erie Canal. Corn Hill Navigation unveiled its plans to host the canal's 200th birthday celebration with a list of ...
The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, was the original artery of trade between the East and the wild Midwest. It catalyzed business empires and helped create a unified national economy. Still today ...
As "Following the Flow" points out, the Erie Canal may have been completed on Oct. 26, 1825, but the portion connecting western and central New York was open by 1820 ... a Google Map of the ...
The village’s incorporation was the second item in a column of local news, beaten out for attention by reports that the not-yet-officially-open Erie Canal had a breach, which would take “some ...
In Newark, we are proud to say we were born of the Erie Canal. In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and Betsey ...