"The
Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to
the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with
access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Over 460
miles long, it was the longest canal ever built in North America.
The canal was known as the Wabash & Erie in the 1850s and thereafter, was actually a combination of four canals: the Miami and Erie Canal from the Maumee River near Toledo, Ohio to Junction, Ohio, the original Wabash and Erie Canal from Junction, Ohio to Terre Haute, Indiana, the Cross Cut Canal from Terre Haute, Indiana to Worthington, Indiana (Point Commerce), and the Central Canal from Worthington to Evansville, Indiana." {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_and_Erie_Canal}
Below: The Playground boat
is similar to the freight boat used on the Erie Canal and described above.
Below: A
model of "the Delphi" in the Canal Interpretive Center. The
volunteer said the two RV Gypsies could take photos.
Below: Pioneer Village
Below: A restored section
of Wabash and Erie Canal. At 468 miles, this was once the longest canal
in the northern hemisphere, and second longest in the world.
that goes under the railroad tracks
Below: View of the Canal from beside
the lock
Below: View of the Canal from beside
the lock
Below: Lee Duquette reading
the map to decide where to go next
Below: Flowers in Canal
Park
Below: Purple Coneflower
and a BEE
Below: A Bee doing its
thing
Below: Blazing Star
