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If you are a recreational boater, and you enjoy the New York Canal System, this news is something you will enjoy.

CNY is loaded with history so it's no surprise that we would be featured in a documentary for PBS.

The GlassBarge is part of the Erie Canal Bicentennial and is an all-electric floating glass-making studio that will offer free glassblowing demonstrations.

How would you like to work on a ship this Summer? Erie Canal Cruises in Rome are looking for Crew Members and Captains.

Patrick Reynolds, the Museum Educator for the Rome Historical Society, gives us an example of the speech you'll hear at Bellamy Harbor, July 22 at 12 noon with Honor America Days Bicentennial Canal Celebration.

Patrick Reynolds, Museum Educator for the Rome Historical Society tells us what to expect at the reenactment of the Erie Canal Ground Breaking Ceremony.

The Erie Canal started it's construction 200 years ago on July 4, 1817, in Rome N.Y. In a ceremony, local contractor Samual Richardson was the first to turn his spade into the ground. The Erie Canal construction was underway.

This year the Erie Canal turns 200 years old. CNY Native and ABC News Anchor Davie Muir has created a 1-hour documentary titled Erie: The Canal That Made America

The centerpiece of the 8pm evening concert will be the newly commissioned piece written to reflect the local heritage and the importance of the canal on Little Falls

Well, believe it or not the canal original opening for the season was scheduled for May 19th. Our very wet April appeared to have that date in jeopardy and just within the past few days the conditions have improved greatly.in the Finger Lakes/Central New York region allowing the opening day to move back to the original date of Friday May 19th

If you're planning on heading out to watch as the Genesee Brewery's fermentation tanks pass through the Utica area, it looks like you may have to wait an extra day.

When was the last time you saw anything being shipped on the Erie Canal? You'll once again get the chance to see shipping in action later this month when Genesee Brewery will ship 12 fermentation tanks from Albany to Rochester.