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Float Back In Time On These Charming Ohio Canal Boats

Although the days of the Ohio and Erie Canal are long gone, you can still catch a ride on an old-fashioned canal boat.

The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. Just like the name sounds, the canal connected the Ohio River in the south to Lake Erie in the north. In its prime, the canal system was 308 miles long with 146 life locks and a rise of 1,206 feet.

The canal carried freight traffic throughout the mid-1800s and eventually even served as a water source for various industries and towns. In the early 20th century, much of the canal system in Ohio was abandoned after flooding, but a few unique spots still remain.

Most of the sections of the canal still in existence are managed by the National Park Service or Ohio Department of Natural Resources and are used for a variety of recreational purposes. The canals have also been preserved as historic features and that’s where you’ll find the opportunity to hop on canal boats.

So where can you still take a ride? There are three spots around the state where you can see what traveling via canal was like in the 19th century. All three of these canal boats are still pulled by pairs of horses or donkeys, allowing the boat to amble along the canals at a controlled, steady pace.

Let’s dive in, shall we?

Historic Roscoe Village

Historic Roscoe Village is a restored 1830s port town, showing visitors what life was like along the canal in the 1830s. The village has full costumed interpreters, a practicing blacksmith, time period arts and crafts, and Living History Tours.

It’s at Historic Roscoe Village where we can step aboard our first canal boat, the Monticello III. As the team of draft horses pulls the boat down the canal, you can enjoy the natural beauty of the area, as well as tales from the captain describing life on the canal in the 1800s.

The canal boat is open to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day, on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. There are rides every hour from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, and $7 for seniors and kids ages 5-12.

For more info, visit roscoevillage.com.

Providence Metropark

Up in Toledo, you can hop on the Canal Experience which showcases life along the Miami and Erie Canal in 1876. Providence Metropark sits where the canal town of Providence used to be. You can hop on the canal boat, The Volunteer, visit the Isaac Ludwig Mill, visit Lock #44, and chat with characters in period attire.

The canal boat runs through October, with various schedules depending on the month. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for children. Two and under are free, but you’ll still need to reserve tickets.

For more info, please visit metroparkstoledo.com.

Canal Fulton

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Located in the quaint port town of Canal Fulton, the St. Helena III Canal Boat is pulled by two draft horses and departs from the Port of Canal Fulton in St. Helena Heritage Park for a one-hour ride down the Ohio & Erie Canal. While you’re cruising along, an onboard historian will provide info about the history of the canal, the boat, and more.

Tickets for a ride on St. Helena III will cost $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and veterans, and $5 for kids ages 6-17. The rides are weather permitting and canal boat rides can be canceled due to low water levels or flooding.

For more info, or to purchase tickets, visit cityofcanalfulton-oh.gov.

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Columbus Sailing Club is dedicated to the sailing of catamarans and beachable sailboats. Whether you sail a Hobie, NACRA, Laser or Sunfish, join as a member and sail your catamaran or small monohull.

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A watercraft instruction camp is offered this summer by the Columbus Parks & Recreation. The course will teach basic sailing and canoeing skills at the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir. Children to teenagers will be taught basic nautical concepts and skills including canoe and boating safety, and capsize recovery. … More

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Regatta for all class boats by the Eagle Creek Sailing Club, Indianapolis, IN. 2021 dates to be determined. … More

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This is a terrific regatta. Sail from Port Clinton up to Put In Bay and then west to a bouy and then back. This race is 18 miles as the crow flies and fields a wide range of boats and a strong catamaran attendance. Regatta hosted by the great folks at Port Clinton Yacht Club. Labor Day Weekend. … More

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Last Regatta on Lake Erie, or at least it should be! A race for all those who refuse to call the sailing season quits! Open to monohulls and cats. … More

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Cue the duck boats: Boston salutes Celtics’ record 18th NBA championship with parade

BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness.

Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become the signature Boston celebration, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade to mark the 13th championship won this century by one of the city’s franchises in the four biggest U.S. sports leagues.

The Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox and Bruins have all commemorated championships by jumping aboard the duck boats — amphibious vehicles usually ridden by sightseeing tourists.

In Boston, firing up the boats for a slow cruise down city streets has become synonymous with its feeling of sports supremacy. Friday’s parade was the latest component of what has been a rolling salute to the Celtics since they  finished off the Dallas Mavericks in five games  in the NBA Finals on Monday night.

Starting at TD Garden, the procession lasted about 90 minutes, turning first onto Causeway Street in front of the arena, past City Hall, through Boston Common, down Boylston Street and ending at Hynes Convention Center.

Along the way, there were plenty of moments for the city to salute a franchise that just broke a tie with the rival Los Angeles Lakers for the most titles in league history. Fans marked the moment by hanging on light posts, flashing homemade signs or standing on subway entrances.

“It’s unbelievable. It still doesn’t seem true. But just trying to stay in the moment,” All-Star Jayson Tatum said during a pre-parade rally at the Garden.

Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck gave fans an early treat about 90 minutes before the trade began.

He was attempting to drive to the arena with the Larry O’Brien Trophy and newly made 2024 championship banner along with his wife, Emilia Fazzalari, and their daughter.

They couldn’t get through because of traffic and barricades. So they walked a half-mile down Causeway Street, passing by a sea of fans while carrying the trophy and banner.

Inside the Garden, the rally included players and their family members, members of the Celtics organization, arena staff, season ticket holders and guests including Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

After celebrating in the locker room Monday night by spraying Champagne and posing for pictures with the trophy, the team flew to Miami for a private party.

When the Celtics returned Wednesday, coach Joe Mazzulla took the party back to people, allowing fans to see the trophy up close — and in some cases touch it — while he carried it through Boston’s famed North End.

“I drove all the way from Ohio (Wednesday) because we were coming for the parade,” Celtics fan Jason Hawkins  told Boston’s ABC affiliate, WCVB-TV . “I touched trophy, man. I got video of it.”

The golden basketball was on display for all to see Friday as players, flanked by Celtics personnel and members of their families, waved and interacted with fans.

The Celtics broke every huddle this season by saying, “Together.”

Jaylen Brown said Friday the theme for this year’s team was unity.

“Whatever it took for us to win, that’s what I was willing to do,” Brown said.

As much as the day was a celebration of that team-first mantra that Mazzulla championed this season, it was also the culmination of mission that stars Brown and Tatum began after each was drafted third overall — Brown in 2016 and Tatum a year later.

The duo made it to four conference finals and one NBA Finals — a loss to the Golden State Warriors in 2022 — before finally reaching the league pinnacle. Brown earned Finals MVP honors, which he said also belonged to his “partner in crime.”

While the city had to wait nearly two decades for this celebration, the Celtics are in a solid position to try to become the NBA’s first back-to-back champions since the Warriors in 2018.

All five starters — Tatum, Brown, Jrue Holiday, Derrick White and Kristaps Porzingis — are under contract for next season. After having secured long-term extensions with Brown, Holiday and Porzingis, the Celtics are expected to do the same with Tatum and White this summer.

Reserve Luke Kornet didn’t let fans forget the Celtics’ history of titles, leading fans on a count from one to 18 at the end of the parade route.

Their message to the city is clear: Keep the duck boats gassed up.

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