erie canal village

The New York State Canal System has announced its opening day for the 524 miles of waterways.

Hey, look at this wallet found at the Erie Canal Village in Rome. Do you know a Mary Patterson?

Shout out to the Village of Clinton for finding a creative way to support the restaurants in their town. They've agreed to add a dining area to the village green.

Steeped in history and legends, New York is filled with stories of the forgotten, eerie and the weird that influence us everyday. What secrets are hidden in the historic buildings on the grounds of Erie Canal Village in Rome.

Once a tourist destination for history buffs yearning for a hands-on experience of life in Upstate New York in the 1800s and a yearly field trip destination for schoolchildren, Erie Canal Village in Rome slipped into disuse and disrepair in the last few years. That steady decline appears to be changing as a new group has purchased the park and rebranded it as the Empire State Heritage Park. Read M

It may be startling to you if you spent some time as a child at Erie Canal Village in Rome to see how far the living history museum appears to have deteriorated.

Erie Canal Village is a reconstructed 19th century settlement on the site where the first shovelful of earth was turned for construction of the original Erie Canal. For years it's provided plenty of history, and great memories for families all over.