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John Montague’s ability decades ago to see beyond inertia resulted last month in the launching of the 73-foot-long, 44-ton replica 1825 canal boat Seneca Chief. It also took dogged, long-term

John Montague first advocated for building a replica of the Seneca Chief in 1997. He didnt give up, and this month it all came to fruition.

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The Seneca Chief boat is being commemorated on Saturday, in celebration of the Erie Canal's bicentennial

The event is free to attend and will feature music from the Greater Buffalo Firefighters Pipe and Drum Band.

Volunteers put the finishing touches this week on the Seneca Chief replica boat that will set sail on Tuesday in advance of its role in the Erie Canal Bicentennial in

"Waterway of Change: A Complex Legacy of the Erie Canal" is an exhibit that will begin with information about the traditional homeland of the Haudenosaunee and the canals opening in

Work will be completed in time for next year's Erie Canal bicentennial,.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans for

The replica of the Seneca Chief will be completed by this summer for the bicentennial celebration of the opening of the Erie Canal in 1824.