New lock gates have been lifted into the canal near Glen Parva as part of vital conservation work on canals in Leicestershire. The Canal and River Trust (CRT) has installed the gates at Gees Lock, ...

I recently read “The Mohawk” by Codman Hislop,  who taught American Civilization at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

The locks, which have been closed since January, will reopen and usher in the 2026 shipping season.

Our tour with our group began the next morning with a walking tour in Casco Viejo, the Old City, built by the Spaniards in the late 1600’s: a cathedral, elegant Spanish buildings, embassies, and ...

With fuel and freight prices skyrocketing as war chokes the Strait of Hormuz, the Panama Canal is seeing more business than usual.

THE Cotswold Canals Trust is preparing for a busy visitor season as boat trips and guided walking tours return, alongside the launch of a new online booking system ...

High above the River Dee, my heart lodges somewhere in my throat as the land simply … stops. To my right, walkers keep pace with us on the towpath but to my left, there’s nothing but a 38m drop to the ...

Wastewater began flowing again through the Potomac Interceptor on Saturday, after DC Water crews completed the final steps to reopen the line and end a bypass through the C&) Canal, almost two months ...

A free March 15 event at Plumb Grove Mansion shares Irish music, legends and the 19th‑century history of Irish canal workers in Clear Spring.

Ulverston Canal is a short but significant remnant of Furness’s industrial past, running for just over a mile from Canal Head to the Leven estuary and opening in 1796 as a ship canal and port for the ...

I have monitored the increasingly active alliance among China, Russia and Iran, each having individual but interconnected ...

Nearly two months after a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River, some environmental advocates worry sewage is still contaminating the river.