The bike crew has ben busy this week! We have added one new station to the I&M Canal Bike Share - Channahon. Now open in 3 locations - LaSalle, Morris, & Channahon. https://t.co/Jx6TxJf8XZ
Grab a bike and go! Check out the new I & M Canal National Heritage Area Bike Share Program. Ride for only $2.50 an hour. Find a docking station near you. https://t.co/GSuzi6m7EU
#RideAlong
Join us aboard a replica 19th century mule-pulled canal boat and ride the route Lincoln traveled! Your guides, dressed as Canal era crew, will take you back in time to life on the American frontier and the Illinois Prairie.
Boat rides will run this Memorial Day weekend.
Join us for a school field trip on the I&M Canal Boat this Spring or Fall!
Tours cover a variety of social science and history topics that meet the Illinois State Board of Education’s Learning Standards. Visit https://t.co/QO3pDQkMzS or call (815)220-1848 for more information
During the suffrage movement a group of middle-class & professional women organized suffrage activity in the mid-1880s when they founded the Cook County Suffrage Association. Learn more about our dinner lecture “Casting a Historic Vote” at https://t.co/dRgHibPRxe
Did you know that a school field trip to the I&M Canal Boat is a fun and engaging way for students to learn about a host of themes and topics that meet the Illinois State Board of Education’s Learning Standards. Visit https://t.co/QO3pDQkMzS or call (815)220-1848 for more info
The Lock 16 Cafe & I&M Canal Visitor Center will be closing today at 3:30pm & closed all day tomorrow, Wednesday Jan 30th, due to severe weather conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience. #PolarVortex2019
How's this for a cool sighting at Rock Run Rookery Preserve yesterday: One tree, four bald eagles. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Bobal via Will County Wildlife)
Discover the beautifully restored decor, living quarters and art kept in the historic Reddick Mansion, located in the heart of downtown Ottawa today! Visit https://t.co/pXF2FRP5fW for more information
After years of hard work, I’m proud to see our efforts succeed in the Coast Guard Reauthorization w/ my provision that exempts small boats like The Volunteer of #IL16 from overly burdensome regulations. Big thank you to all who supported its passage! https://t.co/4Ci5YSPGXA
Thanks again to @RepKinzinger The people of the entire I&M Canal National Heritage Area greatly appreciate the effort to make this happen. @IMCNHA also wishes Illinois a happy 200th birthday!
The Canal Boat “Niagara” between locks 3 & 4 in @Lockport_IL 📸 courtesy of former I&M Canal historian John M. Lamb. For more historical images of the I&M Canal National Heritage Area visit the I&M Canal Archives at @LewisUniversity
Now through November 30, Illinois Bicentennial Passports can be picked up and stamped at Isle a la Cache Museum. The museum, which is located within the I&M Canal National Heritage Area, is stop 13 of the 56 featured in the passport. https://t.co/BbiE7K9Kzd
@Illinois200@IMCNHA
RSVP for dinner & a little history on Thursday September 20th 2018, at the Gaylord Building for our Dinner Lecture Series: Highways Through Time! Visit https://t.co/I6Uuxh3kkw or call (815)220-1848x1838 for more info.
Happy 102nd Birthday to the #NationalParkService! #DiscoverSomethingNewAt102 by visiting America's first National Heritage Area to learn more about the I&M Canal and its importance to both the state and the nation’s history!