2024 has been a remarkable year as we look forward to celebrating the upcoming 200th anniversary of the completion of building the Erie Canal. The central theme for this next year’s celebration ...

LaSALLE — A Streator company has won the bid to build a replica of an 1848 passenger canal boat that could become a major tourist attraction in LaSalle County in a year.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The replica of the “Seneca Chief” — the boat known as the first to open the Erie Canal — is inching closer to setting sail. “We wanted to build it on the sight, we wanted to ...

Explore Ohio's fascinating era of canal boat transportation. Explore Ohio's fascinating era of canal boat transportation and take a look back at Ohio's early canal routes, and the lore that rose along ...