The Canal Corridor Association Invites you to: The 5th Annual Canal Alliance Congress! Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 • 8:15am – 4:30pm Four Rivers Environmental Education Center • Channahon, IL The 5th annual Canal Alliance Congress is a gathering of local I&M Canal…
Dinner & a Little History: Legacy of the French Canals Thursday, May 19, 2016, 5:30pm Cocktails, 6:00pm Dinner Lock 16 Center, La Salle Louis XIV launched several canal projects in France which are the forerunners to canals such as the I&M…
Dinner & a Little History: Chicago River Bridges Thursday, April 14, 2016, 6:00pm Cocktails, 6:30pm Dinner Public Landing Restaurant, Lockport Join us for a delicious buffet meal of sage beurre blanc and citrus baked whitefish while Patrick McBriarty unfolds the…
NEW Irish Canal Digger’s Tour In honor of St. Patrick’s day, the Canal Corridor Association is announcing a new tour available to tour groups that focuses on the Irish and the I&M Canal. The Irish were early immigrants to the…
Canal Corridor Association Staff Volunteer as Judges at Chicago Metro History Fair Canal Corridor Association President, Ana B. Koval and Project Coordinator, Erin Maze volunteered to judge at the Chicago Metro History Fair at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.…
The winner of our early bird raffle is Daniel Jacobsen! He wins a complimentary ticket for a friend to next month’s Canal Alliance Congress! He registered in mid January, proving that the early bird indeed gets the worm. There is…
21st Annual CCA Boat Captain’s Luncheon Friday, April 8, 2016 • 11:30am – 1:00pm Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd • Chicago, IL The 21st Annual Boat Captains Luncheon, the premier friend & fund raising benefit of the…
The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition in collaboration with the Old State Capitol State Historic Site is hosting the Canal Corridor Association’s Abraham Lincoln and the I&M Canal exhibit during the month of February. The exhibit explores Abraham Lincoln’s…
Thursday, February 18 at 6:00pm. The CCA presents Dinner & a Little History “The Great Migration & Chicago” following a delicious dinner with fellow history enthusiasts at the Public Landing Restaurant, alongside the I&M Canal in Lockport. 2016 is the 100th anniversary of…
“How White Men Found Chicago” by Gary Mechanic January 30 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | No charge The location of Chicago begins appearing on European maps in the late 17th Century. French and other European explorers, traders and missionaries…
