Summer 2025
Thursday, October 16, 2025WITH GRATITUDE There are a few people who have made a lasting impact on the Delaware Canal, not only in its preservation but also in its promotion as a valuable public space. We are dedicating this issue of our newsletter to two people, who during their long lives, had an enduring enthusiasm and energy for […]
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Spring 2025
Wednesday, June 4, 2025A Message from Brett Webber With spring finally upon us, many of us are drawn once more to explore the Delaware Canal Towpath’s 58.9 miles from Easton to Bristol. Along the canal we observe the signs of the new season’s changes in the landscape, both flora and fauna. As we take in all that the […]
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Canal News – Winter 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025 During our recent Annual Friends Membership Meeting, the focus was on the future, one filled with opportunities to improve and expand thepark experience and the Friends’ role in making that happen. In 2024, there was a great deal of construction along the canal and towpath and many sections of the canal […]
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Canal News – Summer 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024The Twelve Bridge Project is focused on improving and repairing some of the bridges and sub-culverts that span the canal. This undertaking does not include repairs to structures damaged by storm events.
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Canal News – Spring 2024
Friday, June 7, 2024Early this year, we asked our members for input on our programs and events. We wanted to know not only what people liked in the past but what they would like to see more of in the future.
Happily, we had over 160 respondents who provided useful input that will help us develop and expand some of the things you like the most.
Canal News – Late Winter 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024We’re highlighting a few of our favorite things to explore along the canal. We like them because they have nearby parking, some have restrooms or a portable toilet, and all provide an interactive experience where the whole family can investigate remnants of our past.
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Canal News – Fall 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023When you work in a Locktender’s House, you are constantly reminded of the people who once lived here and worked the lock so many years ago. We know from first-person accounts that lock tending was a demanding, low-wage job.
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Canal News – Summer 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023Hotels and inns began to flourish after the Canal opened in 1832. Many of the historic inns remain, most for public use, while some are private homes. Starting in the north, we revisit some of the inns and provisioners that have been around for centuries.
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Canal News – Spring 2023
Friday, May 19, 2023Few people who lived and worked along the Canal could imagine building a life without the mule. Mules, it is said, were the engines of the Canal. Or put another way, the workhorses
moving coal from Mauch Chunk (present-day Jim Thorpe) to Bristol.