EC200 Speaker Series: Shane Stephenson

On Thursday, May 29th, the Buffalo Naval & Military Park will kick off a new speaker series to commemorate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. Shane Stephenson will highlight the geographic history of Canalside and how the footprint has changed since the Buffalo Naval Park opened in 1979. 

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) is presenting the 2025 Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemoration at Canalside through September. The EC200 Speaker Series is free and open to the public and will take place in the Buffalo Naval Park’s Hangar Building on the second and forth Thursday of the month from 6-7pm.

Speakers throughout the summer will include subject matter experts regarding Buffalo’s Erie Canal heritage and those who were key in helping develop the new Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal exhibit in the Longshed Building. 

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