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Help Wanted Boat Tour!
Join us for our NEW Help Wanted Interactive Boat Tour! During this interactive living history tour, YOU will enter the world of a Packet Boat CAPTAIN, a DECKHAND, or a…
Find out more »Mule Pulled Canal Boat Tour
The Only Mule-Pulled Boat Ride in Illinois! Take a journey back in time aboard the “Volunteer,” a 70-passenger, mule-pulled 1840’s replica canal boat, as it coasts gently up and down…
Find out more »Mules, Mansion, & Mimosas Boat Tour
Take the I&M Canal’s Weekend brunch boat ride! Combine a mimosa at Lock 16 Café, a historic 1-hour mule pulled boat ride on the I&M Canal Boat, and a 1-hour…
Find out more »Junior Ranger Day on the I&M Canal!
On Thursday July 27th Park Ranger Bill Smith will be at the Lock 16 Visitor Center this summer to answer your questions about the National Parks and deputize Junior Rangers.…
Find out more »Junior Ranger Day on the I&M Canal in August!
On Thursday August 24th Park Ranger Bill Smith will be at the Lock 16 Visitor Center this summer to answer your questions about the National Parks and deputize Junior Rangers.…
Find out more »I&M Canal National Heritage Area Anniversary
The Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Area celebrates it’s 33rd Anniversary! In August 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill establishing the first National Heritage Area in…
Find out more »Mazon Creek Fossil Tour
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about the environment, ecosystems, and climate of Northern Illinois as it was 300 million years ago by collecting fossil specimens at the…
Find out more »Mazon Creek Fossil Tour
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about the environment, ecosystems, and climate of Northern Illinois as it was 300 million years ago by collecting fossil specimens at the…
Find out more »A River Thru History Rendezvous
Join us for A River Thru History Rendezvous on September 9th & 10th 2017! A River Thru History is an early American party with all the trimmings! Join this…
Find out more »Dinner & a Little History: The National Park Service: 100 Years
Join us, Thursday September 14th 2017, at the Gaylord building for our Dinner lecture series: The National Park Service: 100 Years The National Park Service, sometimes described as “America’s Best Idea,” is…
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