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Canals & Towpaths
 

Morris Canal NJ
(formerly 102 miles between Phillipsburg NJ and Jersey City NJ; operated 1831 to 1915; now largely abandoned or destroyed) (More on the Morris Canal)

Delaware & Raritan Canal NJ
(formerly 43 miles between Bordentown NJ and New Brunswick NJ; operated 1834 to 1923; now used for water supply by the State of New Jersey)

Delaware Canal PA
(60 miles; operated 1834-1932; the most intact canla nd towpath in the country, with nearly its entire 60-mile length accessible and fully watered)

Lehigh Canal PA (Lehigh Navigation)
(46 miles between Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe) PA and Easton PA; operated 1820-1942, the last functioning towpath canal in the country; sold to various public and private organizations for recreational use)

Other Mid-Atlantic Canals,
including the Delaware and Hudson Canal,
on the website of the
National Canal Museum
Easton PA

 

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Did You Know?
... due to pesticide control and to programs of rearing falcons in captivity and releasing them, Peregrine falcona have returned to nest along the Delaware. While urban peregrines may favor railroad bridges and tall buildings to nest, country peregrines use a scrape in a cliff to lay their eggs.
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