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Welcome to the Schuylkill Canal Association’s website. This website concentrates on a recreation area known locally as the Schuylkill Canal Park, located in the villages of Mont Clare and Port Providence in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, directly across the river from Phoenixville.
The area includes a 2.5-mile waterway and some five miles of towpath and trails in the undeveloped greenway between the canal and the river, all totaling about 60 linear acres. Also included are various historic canal structures such as the 1836 Locktender's House and Lock 60, the only restored and operational lock system within the Schuylkill River Valley. The picture above was taken the day the restored Lock 60 was re-opened in May 2005. Neal Thorpe, one of SCA's founding members, and Dan Daley, SCA's Grounds & Waterways chairperson, were the first through the lock in PENNY, SCA's rowboat.
The website will give you information about the area’s attractions and current programs, but first it will tell you about its past, for its history is part of Pennsylvania’s history.
Still to come in July:
6:30 to 8:30 PM, The Lukens Band, Lock 60, Mont Clare
The Lukens Band will perform in the picnic grove at Lock 60 in Mont Clare. Be sure to bring a chair to sit and listen to the concert band and the sounds that were so popular during the 40s, 50s and 60s. Wear some comfortable dancing shoes and take a spin out onto the grass where it overlooks the Schuylkill River. Visit www.lukensband.org for more info. July 26, Saturday, 6:30 AM to 3 PM: River to River Bike Tour, a 25, 50 or 100 mile bike tour along the historic Rt. 113 Heritage Corridor sponsored by the Heritage Conservancy. Starting in Telford, Bucks County, bicyclists will pedal between the Delaware River in Bucks County to the Schuylkill River and Lock 60 on the Schuylkill Canal, the end point in Montgomery County. For more info contact River to River Bike Tour at www.rivertoriverride.org. Catfish Derby
Saturday, July 26, 6 PM to Sunday, July 27, 6 AM Registration 5:30 PM at the Lock 60 Locktender’s Shanty on July 26.
Cost $20.00 Winners split the take with SCA 50/50. All fish must be presented alive and will be released into the lock chamber Check out the flyer and registration form for all the details. Canoes are permitted, all boaters must have the required safety equipment (PFDs) and a visible white light on board between dusk to dawn. Can you catch one bigger than this???
Upcoming through the summer, July, August & September..... SCA / UPT Music in the Park Summer Concert Series
Ongoing Restoration of the Canal........ The Schuylkill Canal Towpath Restoration project is underway, click on the link above for all the updated information and to link to Montgomery County's webpage on the Schuylkill River Trail. Together with Upper Providence Township and the Schuylkill Canal Association, Montgomery County's Planning Commission and Parks & Heritage Services are coordinating this important and unique restoration project that will further protect and preserve the Schuylkill Canal in Upper Providence Township.
SCA's 26th Canal Day, June 29, 2008 Sponsored by Exelon Power & Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust A day full of family fun happened and was well attended. Click on the link above for all the results of the various competitions held that day and for a review of all the pictures taken that day by Janet Jones Photos. Pictures from 2007 Canal Day, June 24, 2007 The 10th annual Schuylkill River Sojourn, June 7 through June 13, 2008 Visit the Schuylkill River Heritage Area's website, www.schuylkillriver.org, for the Schuylkill River Sojourn 2008 pictures taken by Cody Goddard. Cody's photography is the featured artist for the month of July at the Phoenix Village Art Center, 207-209 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460 check out some of the great pictures from 2007
Check out the calendar of events for all the programs scheduled throughout the year. For more information, please contact SCA at 610-917-0021or send us an email at info@schuylkillcanal.com. |
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NEW! See an animation of how a lock works!
Copyright © 2002 Schuylkill Canal Association. All rights reserved. This page was last updated on 2/15/08