With the Welland Canal reopened for the 2025 season, Port Colborne is preparing to welcome a wave of cruise ship visitors.

Historian Terry Hughes hopes the time may have finally come to showcase a historic stone aqueduct partially buried behind Welland Civic Square. Hughes has pitched the idea several times over the ...

The City of Welland is closer to bringing a sandy spot to the Welland Recreational Canal, where people can soak up the sun’s rays and build tiny castles. “I’m thrilled to get my beach after 11 years ...

The Wayne County Historical Society has updated some of its exhibit space in order to highlight this year’s celebration of ...

James Eights 1823 ink, wash, pencil on paper. Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal ...

In Worcester, Boland and Wright got to work charting the course of the proposed canal. They focused on the neighborhoods of ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for ...

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week ... So, it was two historic arrangements that serve American interests, and it would never have happened without ...

Here are the details, according to the event's website: • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the Samuel Center for Canal History, 38 Rochester St., Port Byron. Volunteers will pick up ...

Starting on Friday, April 4, Riverfront Canal Cruises will hit the water with its 40-minute guided boat tours. Those interested in getting out on the water and learning more about the history ...