ROCHESTER, N.Y. – With the New York State Canal set to open for its Bicentennial year, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the NYS Canal Corporation have announced a list of celebrations happening across the canal through 2025.
To celebrate the completion of the original Erie Canal, there will be multiple events happening across the canal starting Friday and ending on Oct. 26 with a Bicentennial Voyage of Erie Canal Boat “Seneca Chief,” and a Bicentennial Commemoration in New York City.
The “Seneca Chief,” which is a handmade replica of the boat that first traveled the canal back in 1825, will be making a stop at Perinton Park in Fairport on Sept. 28, which is apart of the official Bicentennial Headquarters…