Calendar
A partial listing of
upcoming canal events. This page
was updated 1/30/12
Additions will be made as information is received.
2012
Feb 12th:
- Middlesex
Canal
Association Winter Meeting. 2:30 pm, Canal Museum,
North Billerica, MA
March 3rd
-
(Note change in date)
The Canal Society of New York State Winter Symposium. Monroe
Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY, For details visit,
www.newyorkcanals.org
Apr. 1st:
Middlesex
Canal
Association Bicycle Ride. Meet 9:30 AM at North Station,
Boston and take 10 AM train to Lowell. Leaders: Bill
Kuttner 617-241-9383 & Dick Bauer 857-540-6293
April, 13-15 -
Canal Society of Indiana 30th Anniversary Tour, headquartered in
Batesville, IN. Bus & Whitewater Valley Railroad tour of Whitewater
Canal locks and dam (Connersville to Brookville Visit Whitewater
Canal headquarters, Gateway Park, Yellowbank, Lock 21, railroad
shops and yard. Meals at historic Laurel Hotel and Sherman House.
Teddy Roosevelt re-enactor on NY and Panama Canals. Contact
indcanal@aol.com
Apr. 20-22:
-
Pennsylvania Canal Society Spring Field Trip, Delaware &
Hudson
Canal. Contact Bill
Lampert (indnbll@yahoo.com)
Apr. 29th: - Middlesex
Canal Association Annual Spring Meeting. 1 pm,
Canal Museum,
North Billerica, MA
May, 4-6 -
Come celebrate the Bicentennial
of Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1812 survey over the Alleghany
(sic) Mountains to connect navigation on the James River, with the
Ohio River via the Kanawha Canal. This route would ultimately become
the C&O Railway’s. The Virginia Canal & Navigation Society (VC&NS)
and the C&O (Railway) Historical Society & Archives are partners for
this grand event.
www.vacanals.org.
June, 22-24 - The
American Canal Society & Canadian Canal Society’s, Historic Canals
Conference & Canal Society of New York State Spring Field Trip,
Hamilton, Ontario. to examine the
Desjardins Canal (which will be celebrating its 175th
anniversary), the Burlington Ship Canal, and Hamilton Harbour
and its environs. Contact Bob Sears, 416-285-7254;
dawnofdestiny@sympatico.ca
Jun 30th: - Canal Society of New Jersey, Waterloo
Canal Day at Waterloo Village. Music, boat rides, games,
displays, tours. 11-5. Free, but donations are welcomed. Also
Canal Heritage Days will be held at Waterloo on the 2nd and 4th
Saturdays in July, August, September and October.
September — World Canals Conference,
Yangzhou, China
October, 3-15 — Canal Society of New York State tour to Belgium,
For details visit,
www.newyorkcanals.org
October 14-16, -
Canal Society of Indiana - Fall tour on the Hennepin Canal,
Headquartered in Moline, IL. Contact
indcanal@aol.com
2013
Sepember - The
World Canals Conference in Toulouse, France.
