Calendar
A partial listing of upcoming canal events. This is a new page to which it is planned to add as time allows.
Feb 23 - Society for Industrial Archaeology/NE, Tom Raphael’s presentation “Middlesex Canal Restoration Plans“. The Middlesex Canal Commission was formed to “return the canal to public use. 12 miles of intact canal segments remain. The first preservation and reconstruction project is at the 25% design stage, has the funds to complete the permitting and design, and to start construction.
Mar 1 - Canal Society of New York - Winter Symposium. For the complete agenda and registration, please see http://www.canalsnys.org/08WMprog.htm
Mar 8 - Middlesex Canal Museum - Docent Training for volunteers will be held at the museum and visitors center, located in the Faulkner Mill, 71 Faulkner St., No. Billerica MA, from 10 AM until noon.
Mar 15 to Jun 15 - The Middlesex Canal Museum will be open, Sat & Sun, 12 to 4 PM between these dates.
Mar 20 - Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Lock Tender Training. Whitewater rafts run the lower Concord River in the spring. Each trip ends at the Warren Locks (aka Concord or Lower Locks) where the rafts are lifted to ground level of the Double Tree Hotel. These locks were constructed in the mid-1820s. Interested lock tender trainees should meet at the locks behind the hotel at 10:30. Session runs until noon.
Apr 6 - Middlesex Canal Museum - Historic Railroad and Model Train Show, 10 AM to 4 PM Includes working exhibits, lectures, vendors and raffle. Low entrance fee.
Apr 18 - 20 - Pennsylvania Canal Society, Field Trip to the Lower Delaware Canal. Leader: Veron Wiegand. Accommodations at the Holiday Inn Select in Trevose, PA. For information, contact Susan Taylor, 215-892-2021; e-mail fodc@eorls.com
Apr 26 - Joint
Middlesex Canal Association - Appalachian Mountain Club
Spring Canal Walk; Saturday, April 26, 2008, 1:30 PM; Wilmington, MA.
Walk a rural canal section from near the Wilmington Town Park to Patch's Pond,
once a canal basin. Examine grooves worn in a boulder by towropes as boats wound
around the Ox Bow; also the remains of Maple Meadow Brook Aqueduct, and a quarry
used in its construction. For more information see our web site -
www.middlesexcanal.org or
contact: Roger Hagopian (781-861-7868) or Robert Winters (617-661-9230,
robert@middlesexcanal.org
). Directions: From Route 128/95 take exit 35 in Woburn. Follow Route 38 (Main
St.) north 2.4 miles to the Wilmington Town Park on the left just prior to the
railroad overpass.
May 4 - Middlesex Canal Association, Annual Meeting, will be held at the Middlesex Canal Museum, N. Billerica, MA beginning at 1;30 PM. Lance Metz, National Canal Museum historian and featured speaker, will show recently acquired films of the Delaware Canal in operation. Also, Tom Raphael will repeat his talk to the SIA (see Feb 23, above.) Refreshments will be served following the meeting.
May 17 -
Canal Society of New Jersey,
Field Trip to the Union Canal Tunnel & Lebanon County Historical Society’s Canal
Festival.
A National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the 600-foot-long Union Canal
tunnel, cut through solid rock, was an early 19th-century link between Reading
and Harrisburg. It is the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the US. A
100-acre park and a scenic water-filled section of the canal surround the
tunnel, and guided boat rides pass through. The festival includes vendors, craft
demonstrations, live musical entertainment, sheep shearing, antiques of the
canal era, carriage rides, canoe rentals, and an evening barbeque. The cost of
this one-day trip will be approximately $45 per person, including the bus from
Morristown, NJ and the evening barbeque. Lunch is on your own from vendor
booths. The guided boat ride costs an extra $6 per person. To reserve a space
call Mark Hamill at 908-561-1250.
May 17 - Society for Industrial Archaeology/NE, Tour, Cumberland & Oxford Canal, Maine. Details not yet available.
June 14 to 16 - Canal Society of New York State, Spring Meeting – Oswego Canal—Syracuse to Oswego
Jun 21 - Canal Society of New Jersey, Waterloo Canal Day, Waterloo Village on the Morris Canal; 11-4. Museum open. Free admission and boat ride. Food & sales items. 908-722-9556; www.canalsocietynj.org
Sept 6 to Nov 23 - The Middlesex Canal Museum will be open, Sat & Sun, 12 to 4 PM, between these dates.
Sept 14 to 17 - World Canals Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. For an agenda & leads to registration and accommodation information, see http://www.intertaskconferences.com/canals2008/canals_E_program.html
October 10 to 12 - Canal Society of Indiana Fall Field Trip to the Cross-Cut Canal & Greene County, Indiana. Contact Carolyn and Bob Schmidt, 5909 Chase Creek Court, Fort Wayne, IN 46804; 260-432-0279; indcanal@aol
October 13 to 18 - Chesapeake & Ohio Canal through bike ride, Cumberland to Georgetown. Contact Tom Perry at 301-223-7010.
October 17 to 19 - Pennsylvania Canal Society, Field Trip to Lower Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, with stops at the Monocacy Aqueduct, Whites Ferry, Edwards Ferry, Lock 25, Seneca Aqueduct , Lock 24 Violettes Lock, Pennyfield Lock and a tour of the refurbished Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center. A ride on the mule drawn canal boat will be included in the trip. For information, contact Dave Johnson at 301-530-7473.
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