Tours and Symposiums – Canal Society

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CANAL

COUNTY

YEAR

Tour Guides by Canal

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Erie-Michigan Canal
1836-1839
As of 2024 no official guidebooks are available.

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Tours by County

Hoosier Counties

Allen

Carroll

Cass

Cla r k

Clay

Daviess

Dearborn

Elkhart

Fayette

Fountain

Franklin

Gibson

Gr ant

Greene

Hamilton

Huntington

Johns on

LaPorte

Madison

Marion

Miami

Monroe

Morgan

Noble

Owen

Parke

Pike

Porter

St. Joseph

Tippecanoe

Vanderburgh

Vigo

Wabash

Warrick

Wayne

Whitley

Buckeye (Ohio) Counties

Defiance

Hamilton

Henry

Lucas

Paulding

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Tours & Symposiums by Year

2020s

Year	Mo	Title	Location
2025	Mar	Erie & Michigan / Vigo & Clay Co (Symposium)	Vigo Co Historical Society – Terre Haute
2024	Aug	Towpaths & Warpaths (Tour)	Paulding Co Ohio
2024	Apr	Whitewater Canal & Railroad (Syposium)	Connersville
2023	Sep	Sites, Sounds, & Surprises (Tour)	Crawfordsville / Montezuma / Covington
2023	Mar	Trails – Rails: Canal Connections (Symposium)	Ft Wayne
40th Year Anniversary
2022	Aug	Logansport – Peru (Tour)	Logansport Historical Society
2022	Spring	COVID
2021	Aug	Central Canal / Transportation (Symposium)	Anderson Public Library
2021	Spring	COVID
2020	Spring	COVID
2020	Fall	Farm To Factory – On Line Tour	Gibson to Vanderburgh

2010s

Year	Mo	Title	Location
2019	Sep	The National Road CSI/CSO	Springfield OH – Cambridge City IN
2019	May	Exploring the Whitewater Canal	By Train & Canal Boat / Centerville Morton Home
2018	Oct	Renewal at Lockington Locks	St Marys – Piqua / Gen Harrison
2018	Apr	Exploring Huntington	Fort Wayne – Huntington / Museums
35th Year Anniversary
2017	Sep	Twilight in Iowa / Galena, IL	Dubuque to Guttenberg – Twilight
2017	Mar	Panama Canal – R Scholar (35th)	5 Days – Canal Train across Panama
2016	Aug	Fort to Port – FTW to Toldeo	Museum – Grt Lakes /Providence Prk
2016	Apr	The Hagerstown Extension	New Castle – Cambidge City
2015	Oct	Newark to Buckeye Lake	Heath OH Jt CSI / CSO / Buckeye Lake
2015	Apr	Spring Trip With Friends	Haubstadt – Gibson / Pike / Jasper IN
2014	Sep	Along The Heritage Trail	Trolley – Ft Wayne to State Line
2014	Jun	Trip #3 On the Erie – Emita II	Lockport to Syracuse (Brewerton)
2013	Sep	Delphi’s Canal Park & Trails	Wolf Park / Canal Boat & Park sites
2013	Apr	The Other Side of the Fence	Danville/Williamsport – Montezuma
30th Year Anniversary
2012	Sep	Hennepin -1st Concrete Canal	Moline IL / Celebration Belle
2012	Apr	30th Anniversary Tour	Batesville / WW tour / T. Roosevelt
2011	Sep	Once in a Blue Moon	Blue Moon boat cruise – Chattanooga
2011	Apr	Taming The Swamp CSI /CSO	Antwerp / Junction / Delphos OH
2010	Oct	Rappites, Riverboats, Pirates	N. Harmony / Paducah KY / Evansville
2010	Apr	Hoosiers on the Move	WW Canal sites / Gorge / Homes

2000s

Year	Mo	Title	Location
2009	Oct	Pilgrimage to MECCA	Wabash Co Museum / Dr Ford Home
2009	Jun	Twilight Boat Cruise	LeClair, IA – Dubuque IA
2009	Apr	Wait Til You Get to Wabash	Wabash Co Museum / Dr Ford Home
2008	Oct	Across the Cross-Cut	Terre Haute – Worthington
2008	Apr	Flumes, Frescoes & Furnaces	Portsmouth OH – Iron Furnaces
25th Year Anniversary
2007	Aug	Trip #2 On the Erie – Emita II	Syracuse (Brewerton) -Waterford NY
2007	May	Canalabrating Good Times (25th)	Carroll & Tippecanoe Counties
2006	Oct	Canal Passages	Harrison – Cleves – “Morgans Raid”
2006	May	Gateway to the East	Toldeo War / Ft Meigs / Boyer
2005	Sep	A Little Too Late	Princeton – Illinois & Michiigan
2005	Apr	Towpaths To Trails	Zionsville / Broad Ripple
2004	Oct	Overcoming Obstacles	Jeffersonville – Falls of the Ohio R
2004	Mar	Canal Connetions	Turkey Run State Park
2003	Oct	Trip #1 On the Erie – Emita II	Syracuse (Brewerton) – Lockport NY
2003	Apr	Crossing Waters	Monticello – Cass & Carroll Co
20th Year Anniversary
2002	Sep	Pigs, Paper & Pilsner	Cincinnati, OH
2002	Apr	Canalabration – 20th	Ft Wayne – Napoleon OH
2001	Sep	Towpath Tracks	Richmond – WW Valley RR trip
2001	Mar	Great Expectations	Evansville – Chandler – Pigeon Creek
2000	Aug	Stepping into the Past	Rosco Village area / Black Hand Gorge
2000	Apr	Passage Through Peru	Peru – Rich Valley – Lewisburg

1990s

Year	Mo	Title	Location
1999	Oct	Tracking The Central	Central Canal – Dalesville – Waverly
1999	Apr	Celebrating Canal Communities	Delphi – Attica
1998	Oct	Kentucky River Tour – CSI/CSO	Vevay, IN
1998	Mar	The Final Link	Vincennes – Greene – Gibson Co IN
15th Year Anniversary
1997	Sep	South of the Summit	Sidney OH – Miami & Erie sites
1997	Apr	The Beginnings- 15th	Ft Wayne area
1996	Oct	The Canal That Built Chicago	Morris IL – I & M Canal
1996	Apr	From The Forks to Paradise	Huntington – Wabash
1995	Oct	We Want Water	Attica – Montezuma
1995	Mar	Canal Water & Whiskey	Connersville – Lawrenceburg
1994	Sep	Toledo MetroParks	Grand Rapids – Toledo
1994	Apr	Terre Haute in the Canal Era	Cross-Cut Terre Haute
1993	Oct	The Hagerstown Canal	Cambridge City – Hagerstown
1993	Apr	Central Canal to Port Royal	Indianapolis
10th Year Anniversary
1992	Oct	Milling Around Indiana	Logansport – Peru -1st Tour Book
1992	Apr	Travels of Charles Titus – 10th	Ft Wayne – Antwerp
1991	Oct	Wabash Heritage Corridor	Delphi Canal Park
1991	Apr	Mail & Postage on the Canal	Cross-Cut Terre Haute
1990	Sep	Canal & Historic Evansville	Evansville – Petersburg
1990	Apr	Twin Locks /Laurel Feeder Dam	Whitewater – Metamora

1980s

Year	Mo	Title	Location
1989	Sep	Future Delphi Park	Delphi Canal Park
1989	May	Origins of W&E Canal	Ft Wayne – to Huntington
1988	Oct	Joint CSI /CSO Tour	Defiance OH
1988	May	Ohio River Steamboating	Ft Wayne – area tour
5th Year Anniversary
1987	Oct	“Indiana’s Canal Heritage”	Terre Haute – “IN Canal Heritage”
1987	May	“Indiana Canal Heritage”- 5th	Ft Wayne – Museum of Art
1986	Oct	Moving the Reed Case House	Delphi Canal Park
1986	May	Working Session on new video	Ft Wayne – History Center
1985	Sep	Canal House “Do it on the Canal”	Whitewater – Metamora
1985	May	Holiday on an English Canal	Ft Wayne – Aboite Creek
1984	Sep	The Central Canal Link	Central Canal – Indianapolis
1984	May	McCain – Slides of Delphi	Ft Wayne – History Center
1983	Oct	The Great Hoosier Ditch	Evansville – Boat Cruise
1983	May	Hudson – An Avenue to History	Ft Wayne – Feeder
1982	Oct	Tour around Connersville	Whitewater – Connersville
1982	22-May	Founders Tour	Ft Wayne – Delphi

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