Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed for years by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, is now under the operational ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — After more than four decades along the Erie Canal, one of Western New York’s most beloved summer traditions is heading to a new home. Organizers of the Canal Fest of the Tonawandas ...

The historic decades-old canal that marks the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso is undergoing a facelift. The American Canal Lower Reach Replacement Project sits beside the historic Fort Bliss barracks ...

The Cambodian government is set to begin construction of the Funan Techo Canal, a nearly $1.2 billion, 180-kilometer (112-mile) waterway navigation project that will cut across four provinces to ...

People complain about construction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it was announced. Four ...

After a year of threats and declarations of hemispheric domination, Donald Trump’s campaign to “take back” the Panama Canal, wresting it from alleged Chinese control, has yielded results at last. On ...

It’s not just a destination for tourists looking to buy knockoff handbags. The stretch of Canal Street west of Broadway has long been known as a venue for hawkers, but, in recent years, it’s blossomed ...

I grew up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Our town’s name described what made us unique — we had locks on the Connecticut River. Ever since I was a kid, I have understood how locks worked, and I always ...

Nearly a year after a toxic asphalt spill in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, state and local officials and environmental advocates say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ended the cleanup ...

The business of shipping goods around the world has suffered shock after shock since 2000, culminating in the effective closure of the Red Sea and Suez Canal two years ago. Don’t say it too loud, but ...