Some folks dream of riding along canals in Europe, but we can do the same thing much closer to home. Two of my friends and I navigated a 41-foot packet boat for a round-trip voyage of 88 miles on the ...

As part of the celebration for the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, there will be a boat parade and activities along the Erie Canal, as well as at the Buffalo Launch Club. The Boat Parade, led by ...

A scenic fall view of the Erie Canal in Pittsford, New York. “Slow travel” is trending, and from my experience, there’s nothing slower—or more relaxing—than canal cruising. And it's not just because ...

Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, considered the largest outdoor festival of its kind, will have a special guest this year – the Erie Canal Boat, Seneca Chief. Canal Fest of the Tonawandas is described ...

The West End Christmas Boat Parade returns this weekend to put Santa on the high seas – or Lake Pontchartrain anyway.

In April 1835, an elegant new vessel entered the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal at Dam No. 5 and descended about six miles to the boat basin at Williamsport, Md. It was the Lady Washington, a “handsomely ...

Restoration of the C&O Canal through Georgetown, a project being funded by the National Park Service, gets underway early next year, dry-docking the guided tour boat until 2025. But, tours will still ...

More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...

Travelling at just 4mph through peaceful countryside, past canalside pubs, sleepy villages and into waterside towns and cities, canal boat holidays are often described as ‘the fastest way to slow down ...

The Georgetown canal now has water flowing through it, and soon you will be able to ride in a brand new boat on it. “We hope to get as many visitors to travel the roughly one-mile trip up on the canal ...