Housed in a former generator station, the Erie Maritime Museum leans into the maritime history of the region, especially as it relates to the War of 1812. Major exhibits cover the war and the Battle ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

Williamson’s walleye was weighed for the Walleye Slam at Erie Outfitters in Sheffield Lake, where owner Craig Lewis noted ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

Prince Andrew caught a break. When will his luck run out? Blue Jays' Addison Barger hits first pinch-hit grand slam in World ...

There’s both history and innovation connected to a one-of-its-kind promotion that will culminate with a Mazza Vineyards release party of bottles it recently pulled up from the bottom of Lake Erie. The ...

Excavation is nearly complete on Lorain County’s Gerber-Becket Stream and Wetland Restoration project, designed to reduce ...

Over District” gave birth to new churches after the Erie Canal’s creation: Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as Mormons, in Fayette, New York, in 1830.

Fans of witchery and dress-up fun gather every year in Sandusky for a parade and dance party. This year they attempted to set ...

Do treasure chests full of gold and jewels rest beneath the Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie off eastern Erie County?

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