An Upstate New York man has collected a $1 million prize from the New York Lottery’s Million Dollar Raffle drawn in late ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Erie Canal, seen here in Pittsford, N.Y., opened up western regions to trade, immigration and social change. Andre ...

The Erie Canal was a transformative public works project in American history. Stretching 351 miles from Albany to Buffalo, ...

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you'll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...

Just off Route 7, where traffic speeds by each day, a piece of upstate New York history sits largely unnoticed behind thick vegetation.

I recently read “The Mohawk” by Codman Hislop,  who taught American Civilization at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Residents and visitors gathered at Canalside to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the "Wedding of the Waters," marking the official opening of the Erie Canal and honoring its lasting ...

A News10NBC photojournalist saw crews pulling a truck out of the Erie Canal Tuesday afternoon. The truck was by Winton Road in Brighton. According to New York State Canal Corporation spokesperson ...

(The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier. (The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, on ...