On Sunday, October 26, exactly 200 years after the original Seneca Chief completed its inaugural journey from Buffalo to New York City, Governor Kathy Hochul hosted a ceremony at Pier 25 in Tribeca to mark the completion of the same journey by the replica Seneca Chief. An account of the event appears in Our Town, the local paper for the Upper East Side.
Governor DeWitt Clinton on October 26, 1825
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| Governor Kathy Hochul on October 26, 2025 |
In 1825, water from Lake Erie was poured into New York Harbor in the ceremonial "Wedding of the Waters." In 2025, water collected from each stop along the way was used to water a White Pine tree planted on Pier 25.
The West Point Band was supposed to be part of the ceremony on Sunday, as it was when the original Seneca Chief arrived in New York Harbor, but the government shutdown prevented this from happening.
This morning, the Seneca Chief was sighted from Promenade Hill, making its way back to Buffalo.
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| Photo: Rachel Careau |
The Seneca Chief will spend the winter in Waterford, NY resting in the mud in the bottom of the drained canal. She will travel back to Buffalo in the spring of 2026.
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