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The
National Canal Museum
is open
– see canals.org for seasonal hours of operation
Field
Trips
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
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