Ted Brown of the Robert S. Pierson received the honorary "top hat" as captain of the first vessel to pass through the Welland Canal this season on Monday, according to the St. Catharines Museum and ...

The Welland Canal is set to open its navigation season on March 22, but St. Catharines, Ont., won't host its annual opening-day celebration until a few days later. The "top hat" ceremony, honoring the ...

Niagara Falls is a go-to spot for tourists and honeymooners and was even home to the first hydropower station, built shortly after the first modern power lines were invented. However, it's largely a ...

ONTARIO, CANADA — The USS Edson is making steady progess towards the Saginaw River, where it is expected to moor early next week. The retired Navy destroyer is currently stopped at the first lock in ...

Hundreds of union workers who run the locks and bridges on the St. Lawrence Seaway are on strike, shutting down the crucial shipping lane and causing vessels to be parked on both ends of the Welland ...

Captain Brett Walker of the Algoma Central Corporation vessel Captain Henry Jackman was presented with the ceremonial top hat at Lock 3 this morning, when the Welland Canal officially opened for its ...

First came the high-pitched sound of an alarm from one of the two big ships getting way too close to each other in the Welland Canal. Then came the crunching grind of metal-on-metal that makes any ...

THE opening on July 1 of the reconstructed Welland Ship Canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario marks an important stage in the developments of the North American waterways which will ultimately ...