Rehabilitation work has been completed at Lock Number 47, located on the Union Canal towpath between the Berks County Heritage Center and Reber’s Bridge in Bern Township. The work had begun in early ...

Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available today. That will change when Lock 47, part of where the canal once coursed ...

One human lifetime. That’s how long we’ve been debating whether the lock of the Industrial Canal should be widened — “we” meaning shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and residents of ...

On the morning that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, a levee breach sucked a barge out of the Industrial Canal and into a residential section of the Lower 9th Ward, where it landed on top of homes, ...

Reader question: Why are the Appleton locks closed? When will they be open to boaters? Answer: The Fox River locks are billed as the only fully restored, hand-operated lock system in the nation.

A sign notes the route for the Erie and Champlain canals at Waterford Harbor on May 16 in Waterford. Lock No. 5 on Saturday in Waterford. The Erie Canal Lock 2 at Waterford Harbor on May 16. The view ...