{"id":226237,"date":"2026-06-23T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/226237\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:40:11","slug":"seneca-chief-replica-of-boat-that-opened-the-erie-canal-in-1825-makes-stop-in-rochester-at-corn-hill-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/226237\/","title":{"rendered":"Seneca Chief, replica of boat that opened the Erie Canal in 1825, makes stop in Rochester at Corn Hill Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 A historic Erie Canal boat is docked at Corn Hill Landing as part of a statewide voyage, and the public is invited to check it out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Seneca Chief arrived in Rochester on Thursday. The replica was built by more than 200 volunteers to honor the original boat that opened the Erie Canal in 1825.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Erie Canal helped shape Rochester\u2019s identity and fueled the growth of our city,\u201d said Patrick Russell-Walsh, executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/rochesterbywater.org\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/rochesterbywater.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rochester By Water<\/a>. \u201cHaving the\u00a0Seneca Chief\u00a0visit\u00a0Corn\u00a0Hill\u00a0Landing\u00a0provides an opportunity for our community to connect directly with the history that transformed Rochester into a center of commerce and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can visit the boat until 7 p.m. on Tuesday before it continues on its way back to Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/corn-hill-landing\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corn Hill Landing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 A historic Erie Canal boat is docked at Corn Hill Landing as part of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[98209,136,138,137],"class_list":["post-226237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-corn-hill-landing","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226237","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=226237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}