Support America’s First National Heritage Area!
Support the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area Today! Why is the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area (IMCNHA) important to you? Is it because it defines our…
#GivingTuesday
Teaching kids history is so important! History connects children to their communities, and provides models for good and responsible citizenship. Support the Canal Corridor Association this #Giving Tuesday and help…
Join us for Dinner & a Little History
Join us, Wednesday November 14th 2018, 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the Gaylord Building for our Dinner Lecture Series: World War II on the Great Lakes! The Great Lakes of North…
Ghost Tour on the I&M Canal
Join us in October for a Halloween adventure filled with legend, mystery and horror! Join us for a night of storytelling on the I&M Canal! Let our talented…
Lincoln Day on the I&M Canal
Ride the I&M Canal Boat on Saturday October 6th to celebrate the day that Abraham Lincoln & his family were on LaSalle-Peru! Climb aboard a replica 19th Century canal…
Dinner Lecture: Highways Through Time
Join us for dinner & a little history on Thursday September 20th 2018, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, at the Gaylord Building for our Dinner Lecture Series: Highways Through Time! The story…
I&M Canal Boat Tour
Visit the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area & take a journey back in time aboard the “Volunteer,” a mule-pulled 1840’s replica canal boat, as it coasts gently up…
A Story with National and International Significance
That Illinois is now the most populous inland American state, and Chicago the greatest city of the American heartland, is directly traceable to the 96 – mile canal that linked…
I&M Canal Boat Tours Resume Aug. 16th 2018
I&M Canal Boat Tours will resume on Thursday August 16th 2018. Due to low water levels on the I&M Canal, boat tours are currently cancelled. We will resume boat…
The Canal Era
The I&M Canal was the final link in a national plan to connect different regions of the vast North American continent via waterways. Linking the waters of the Illinois River…