Month: August 2019

Canal Index Sheets and Site Updates

One of the great strengths of this website is the amount of information that has been made available. The American Canal Society doesn’t have a physical archives space, in fact that was a major issue when David Barber passed away was that his widow had to determine what would happen to his extensive collection of canal materials. Over the years, David had uploaded thousands of pages of information, mostly useful to the canal historian and researcher. When we moved the website, much of this material was lost as the links no longer worked. So I have been reloading these links as I find the non-functioning pages.

If you have never taken the time to check your states index sheets, go look and if you see something missing, consider adding to the collection. They are listed by state in the By State or Other Countries drop down menus.

I have also added more boat rides and I continue to work on the canal parks. There is so much out there to explore. Let me know if you see something that I have missed.

The New Explore Page Maps

We are trying something new with our Explore Page Maps which should help you find a nearby attraction.

Last fall, my wife and I took a 9 day trip around the mid-west, and many times, when we were visiting a canal park, we would be told about all the places we had missed. So it struck me that a interactive map, which would show me places nearby, might be helpful to many in the canal community.

And in an effort to cut costs, I have taken the annual Canal Boat Rides special issue and placed all those rides on a another map. Granted, many have both, but in order to make your search as easy as possible, there are now two maps. You can find these under the Explore tab. Who knows, maybe sometime in the future we might play with a “canal sites you must see” map.

The goal is to help you find those out of the way places that you might easily miss. If you know of a park or boat ride that we don’t have on the maps, let us know.