{"id":225448,"date":"2026-06-23T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225448\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:27:10","slug":"historic-erie-canal-boat-docks-in-rochester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225448\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Erie Canal boat docks in Rochester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 A historic ship anchored Monday at Corn Hill Landing for a two-day visit.<\/p>\n<p>Seneca Chief, an Erie Canal boat, is stopping in Rochester as part of its statewide &#8220;Back to Buffalo&#8221; voyage. The vessel is a replica of the first boat that opened the canal in 1825.<\/p>\n<p>The visit offers a rare chance for people to check it out for free and explore the city&#8217;s connection to the Erie Canal, its industrial heritage and its ongoing waterfront revitalization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any opportunity to get kids on the water, to get kids to experience and learn about these waterways, is exactly why this organization exists,&#8221; said Patrick Bibeau-Walsh, executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/rochesterbywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rochester by Water<\/a>, formerly known as Corn Hill Navigation. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to have Seneca Chief. We&#8217;re thrilled to welcome everyone from the Buffalo Maritime Center to Rochester, and have the boat open for tours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/great-lakes-cruise-docks-in-rochester-lake-ontario-buffalo-waterfront-new-york-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Great Lakes Cruise docks in Rochester<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another boat, Riverie, is docked alongside Seneca Chief at Corn Hill Landing for people to take narrated river cruises Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/rochesterbywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to buy tickets or learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Both ships will be open for public viewing Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 A historic ship anchored Monday at Corn Hill Landing for a two-day visit. Seneca Chief,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-225448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}