Upcoming Events
Explore Warren History Trail: A Self-Guided Tour of Historic Sites
The Heritage Museum at Meadow Breeze Park will among 18 sites participating in the Explore Warren History Trail: A Self-Guided Tour of Historic Sites. Staff will be on hand Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to guide and answer questions.
Located at a site settled in 1765, the property contains a blacksmith shop, smokehouse, and Morris Canal boat and mule team silhouette. Seven rooms of exhibits cover transportation, education, commerce (Oxford Furnace and Edison Cement), Morris Canal, Native American, Washington Borough and Washington Township (Warren County) history.
For more information, visit Explore Warren History Trail.
Heritage Museum at Meadow Breeze Park
The Heritage Museum at Meadow Breeze Park, which includes a Morris Canal Room, is open with free admission the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
The Morris Canal (1824-1924) provided an outlet to markets for farms, manufactures and mines and so helped to fuel the industrial revolution. The canal linked Pennsylvania’s coal fields with New Jersey’s iron industry and New York’s commercial markets.
The Morris Canal was an engineering marvel and champion mountain climber that passed through our backyard on its 102-mile journey from Phillipsburg to Jersey City. Construction tools and methods were primitive; the pick, shovel and wheelbarrow, with horse and wagon, were the main tools. Find out what made the canal unique in the world.
More information at https://meadowbreezeheritagemuseum.org/
Canal Society of New Jersey Program Meeting
The Canal Society of New Jersey will host its program meeting at 7 p.m. in its headquarters, 35 Waterview Blvd., Parsippany. The program will feature a presentation by Tim Roth, vice president of the Canal Society, who will provide a Morris Canal journey starting in the Waterloo Valley, passing through the mysterious hamlet of Starport and the popular village of Waterloo, through Mount Olive, on to the industrial canal town of Stanhope, and ending at Lake Musconetcong, which was a manmade Morris Canal reservoir..
The Canal Society offers both virtual and in-person options. RSVP for the in-person meeting or register for the meeting online at CanalSocietyNJ.org.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Sandwiches and snacks will be served, with a tour of the office and archives available. The meeting will take place in the cafeteria at 7:30 p.m.
Canal Society of NJ Walking Series
A new monthly Canal Society of New Jersey walking series, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will explore the connections between the Morris Canal Greenway and the Essex-Hudson Greenway.
The 3-mile route begins on the Morris Canal Greenway from Wright's Field to JFK Drive near Beach Street, then continues onto the Essex-Hudson Greenway back to Wright's Field.
Contact CSNJ Board Member Rich Rockwell at rrockwell@comcast.net for more information or to sign up.
Heritage Museum at Meadow Breeze Park
The Heritage Museum at Meadow Breeze Park, which includes a Morris Canal Room, is open from 1-4 p.m. with free admission the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
The Morris Canal RoomThe Morris Canal (1824-1924) provided an outlet to markets for farms, manufactures and mines and so helped to fuel the industrial revolution. The canal linked Pennsylvania’s coal fields with New Jersey’s iron industry and New York’s commercial markets.
The Morris Canal was an engineering marvel and champion mountain climber that passed through our backyard on its 102-mile journey from Phillipsburg to Jersey City. Construction tools and methods were primitive; the pick, shovel and wheelbarrow, with horse and wagon, were the main tools. Find out what made the canal unique in the world.
More information at https://meadowbreezeheritagemuseum.org/
Morris Canal Working Group Virtual Meeting
The Morris Canal Working Group will meet for its bi-annual virtual meeting. An agenda and Zoom link will be posted closer to the meeting date - stay tuned!
Canal Society of NJ Walking Series
A new monthly Canal Society of New Jersey walking series, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will explore the connections between the Morris Canal Greenway and the Essex-Hudson Greenway.
The 3-mile route begins on the Morris Canal Greenway from Wright's Field to JFK Drive near Beach Street, then continues onto the Essex-Hudson Greenway back to Wright's Field.
Contact CSNJ Board Member Rich Rockwell at rrockwell@comcast.net for more information or to sign up.