Calendar

A partial listing of upcoming canal events. This page was updated 4/26/10. Additions will be made as information is received.

2010

April 30 - May 2  — "Bridging the Tuscarawas Gap” - See trail development along the Ohio & Erie Canal, restored toll house, Trenton dam and feeder & Lock 15 Park. Contact Larry Turner, 330-658-8344 or towpathturner@aol.com.

May 1  — I & M Canal Walk/Ride. Join the Canal Corridor Association in Morris, IL for the third annual I & M Canal Walk or Ride Celebration. Walk one to five miles or bike ten to twenty-five miles during this fun, family event. Bring a group from your business or invite some friends and make it a team effort! Contact Katie MacKay, 815-220-1848 or reservations@canalcor.org. 

May 22  — Dedication of restored Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, Camillus Canal Society, Camillus, NY. Contact Dave and Liz Beebe, dwbeebe@verizon.net.

June 19 - 20 — HERITAGE TRANSPORTATION FESTIVAL at Canal Park, Delphi, IN.  We feature 1850 transportation (no railroads here then) and we will be enjoying the brand new dock with our year old replica canal boat operation on our mile of reconstructed waterway.  Also we have high wheel bicycles, carriage rides, etc.

July 3 - 4  — CANAL DAYS FESTIVAL at Canal Park, Delphi, IN.  We have vintage crafters, canal boat and carriage rides, period games, all village buildings open, food and fun for all ages.

July 24 - Symposium, "C&O Canal Engineering: The Early Years, 1828-1830," Shepherdstown, W. Va., sponsored by the C&O Canal Association, C&O Canal National Historical Park, and Shepherd University.  For information and registration for, visit http://www.candocanal.org/news/symposium.html.

September 19 - 24  — World Canals Conference, Rochester, NY. www.worldcanalsconference.org.

October 1 - 13  — Study tour of south German waterways. Contact www.canalsnys.org

October 8 - 10  — Pennsylvania Canal Society fall tour. North Branch, Pennsylvania Canal.

October 8 - 10 - Canal Society of Ohio, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Rockside Road to Deep Lock

October 22 - 24  — "River boats, Pirates and Caves." Headquartered in Evansville, IN. Bus tour of southeastern Illinois, Cave In Rock, Garden of the Gods, Ohio River locks, Paducah, Kentucky flood wall murals (possibly Quilters Hall of Fame and the Civil War Museum) on Saturday. Friday tour of LST in Evansville, Sunday Wabash & Erie Canal in Warrick County, Indiana. Carolyn Schmidt (260) 432-0279; indcanal@aol.com

December 11 - 12  — OLD FASHION CHRISTMAS in Canal Park, Delphi. IN.  We feature "hot apple dumplings" food, period crafters and vendors, all buildings open and decorated for an 1850 Christmas.

2011

April 29, 30, May 1  — Pennsylvania Canal Society spring tour. Lower Division, Lehigh Navigation.

October 14 - 16  — Pennsylvania Canal Society fall tour. Juniata Division, Pennsylvania Main Line Canal.

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