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Thursday - Sunday April 11 - 14, 2024 

PCS Spring Tour – Erie Extension Canal - Hermitage, PA (pacanals.info@gmail.com)

Our host for the tour is Dave Wright.  Our headquarters will be the Quality Inn in Hermitage, PA.  Thursday will begin an Industrial History Tour with a presentation on Farrel, PA and book launch, and continue Friday morning with carpooling to several  historic industrial sites.  Friday’s Earlybird Tour will be an afternoon caravan to the Shenango Lake Dam and the French Creek Feeder.  Friday evening we’ll have a preview and on Saturday, a coach will take us to Lock 10 in Sharpsville, towpath at New Hamburg, Hartstown, & Ernst Nature Trail, plus Greenville Canal Museum, Conneaut Lake, Summit Cut, and Market Village Canal Park  A box lunch is included.  A banquet will be held Friday evening with Julia Catalano speaking.  On Sunday morning we’ll caravan to Greenville RR Park & Museum.  For more, call Dave Wright - home phone 724-746-2517.

Invitation and Registration

Friday - Sunday  April 19 - 21, 2024

CSO Spring Tour - Defiance Area - Defiance, OH

The Canal Society of Ohio is having a Spring Tour on the Miami & Erie Canal in the Defiance area with Chuck Collins as the host.  Saturday features a bus tour and banquet, $85 and $30 per person respectively.  Sunday features a canal boat ride for $10 per person.  The complete tour is $120 for all 3 events, which applies a $5 discount.  Make your own hotel reservation: the special group rate at the Hampton Inn in Defiance is $125 per night and includes breakfast.  For more information, registration, or questions, call Ron Petrie at 216-789-2301.

Annual Programs

Last Sunday in June

Annual Canal Day (Schuylkillcanal.org; 610-917-0021)

The SCA invites the community to its Annual Canal Day celebration at Lock 60 and St. Michael’s Park in Mont Clare, PA, across the river from Phoenixville.  This day full of fun along the Schuylkill Canal Park includes food, music, kids fishing derby, face painting, Sly Fox Can Jam, etc.  Event parking is available at St. Mike’s Park at the end of Jacobs Street in Mont Clare.  Parking donation requested.  Please be advised, Towpath Road will be closed to vehicular traffic, starting at 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM.  

Children of all ages can join in with adult supervision, free of charge, however donations will gladly be accepted.

 

Special Programs

TBD

  

  Conferences

TBD

 

 


Pa. Canal Society C/O Emrick Technology Center 2750 Hugh Moore Park Rd. Easton, Pa 18042 administrator