Public Cruises at Canal Park

Wabash & Erie Canal Park ~ 2021 Season Opens

Weekends May 29 through Sept 5

Canal Boat Rides 1:30 & 2:30pm*

Pioneer Village Crafters 1–4pm

Interpretive Museum*

Reed Case House Tours*

Kids Canal Playboat*

1030 N Washington St.Delphi,IN 46923

Closed New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day,Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day*

Visit www.wabashanderiecanal.org or 765 564–2870for details

Travel back in time to an era highlighted by canoes, rafts, and steamships, horses and buggies, mules, trains, and canal boats — where would modern society be without the development of all these unique modes of transportation?

To experience this 1850, man-made waterway and the pioneer way of life, come to Canal Park any weekend from May 29 through Labor Day weekend. Narrated 40-minute cruises are offered to the public on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

STEP BACK IN HISTORY at the Wabash & Erie Canal Park, a dozen blocks north of the Courthouse Square on Washington Street in Delph, Indiana.

There is always something for all ages to enjoy doing or learning. The towpath trails along the canal provide the earliest mode of transportation: Walking! The trails are also ideal for biking. Come camp in our RV Park; full hook-ups available, or spaces for popups, trailers and tent campsites.

Check the website www.wabashanderiecanal.org or call 765-564-2870.

Furnished as 1850s Canal-era dwellings, rustic overnight cabins are for rent for up to 7 days at a time.

Served by the restrooms of the adjacent RV Park, the three sizes will sleep 1, 2, 4 or up to 10 in the bigger cabin.

Call 765 564-2870 or check on airbnb.com for more information and to make reservations.

On weekends, for a fee, come take a boat ride, or visit with Mr. Case in his fully restored 1844 home, or enjoy the national award-winning Canal Museum’s dozen action filled galleries. These three individual venues are priced separately, or the “combo ticket” for Boat ride/Case House/Canal Museum allows added value to your Canal Park experience. Purchase tickets at the Reception Desk – credit cards welcome.

Admission is free to visit the Pioneer Village and observe various craftspeople (whose wares you may purchase) in the log buildings: Cooper Shop, School House, Blacksmith Shop and Carpentry Shop, Bowen House, Fouts House, Kuns Cabin, Papermaking Cabin, General Store, Loom House, Summer Kitchen; or wander around Canal Park’s many other restored buildings: Little White Church, Train Station, Old Post Office, Mule Barn, Boat Barn, Boat Dock and Ticket Booth.

By the way if you would like to join our Canal Volunteers and offer some of your time helping make this historical space even more exciting to our visitors contact Linda Cooper, Volunteer Coordinator lrcooper@outlook.com She has an emailable list of many areas needing volunteers. Pick one or more that will suite your background and interests.

Of special interest is the 1/8^th scale model canal boat on display in the Wabash and Erie Canal Center’s Interpretive Museum. It is a detailed model of what was known as a “Line Boat”.

This type of freight-carrying vessel was pulled along canals like the man-made Wabash & Erie Canal, delivering goods to the many towns along the 468-mile waterway from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana.

This model, named the GENERAL GRANT was built by Terry Bodine in his Covington, Indiana, workshop with the help of a friend, Finny Filchak, from Clinton, Indiana. The original 1850s full size boat was licensed in Covington, Indiana.