When you homeschool, you can start with a field trip!
We stepped back in time to the late 1870s when canal boat was a popular means of moving
people and goods through Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Professional historians are hired to play the parts of 1870s folks,
and they do not step out of character until the tour is over.
It was a great experience!
This dam was originally build in the 1870's to hold back the Maumee River
and divert some of it into the canal system.
This canal boat takes you back in time on a small stretch of the remaining canal, which originally connected Toledo to Cincinnati.
The building on the left is the original waterpowered sawmill. Today it's a piece of living history. They still saw fallen trees from the Metroparks and make park furniture, and they also have demonstrations of grain grinding.
The canal boat takes you through a hand-powered lock. This one is lock #44 and is the
last remaining canal lock that is still in operation.
Our view from the boat. That's Jake out there, walking Molly and Sally. If it was really the 1870s, he'd
walk those mules 10 hours a day and earn 30 cents a day for doing so. The boat owner tried to hire Danny -
she said eleven year olds are the perfect age for walking mules.
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