An Inquisitive Visitor's Guide to the
Ohio & Erie Canal and Towpath Trail

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Locations and Trailheads
Travel the path of the canal in this picturesque journey from Cleveland to Portsmouth

Canal Terminology
Learn just what all these terms refer to

My Canal Journal
Get updates on Canal related events and trail construction

Links
Internet sites relevant to the Ohio & Erie Canal

Resources and Recom-mendations
Some sources of information used on this website

 

 

 

Resources and Recommendations

 

Books

Bobel, Rob, & Bobel, Peg (2002). Towpath Companion:  A Traveler's Guide to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail (2003 Edition). Akron, OH:  Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition.

Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum & Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association (2004). Images of America: Cuyahoga Valley. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing.

Gieck, Jack (1992). A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825 - 1913. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

Grismer, Karl Hiram (1952) Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society

Jackson, James S. (1985). Cuyahoga Valley Tales. Peninsula, Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley Association.

Jackson, James S., & Jackson, Margot (1988). The colorful era of The Ohio Canal. Peninsula, Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley Association.

Jesensky, Joseph D. (1999). Joe's Place: Conversations on the Cuyahoga Valley. Peninsula, Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley Association.

Knepper, George W. (1981). Akron: City at the Summit. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Continental Heritage Press.

Lane, Samuel A. (1892). Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department.

McGovern, Frances (1996). Written on the Hills: The Making of the Akron Landscape. Akron, Ohio: The University of Akron Press.

Platt, Carolyn V. (2006). Cuyahoga Valley National Park Handbook. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

Woods, Terry K. (1995). The Ohio & Erie Canal: A Glossary of Terms. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

Special thanks to the Canal Society of Ohio for their Tour Guides of the Ohio and Erie Canal, available at the Akron - Summit County Public Library.

Videos

"Ohio's Canal Era" by Jack Gieck (Cinemark) (1991)

CD's

"Ohio & Erie Canal:  Inspired Songs That Tell the Story" by Foster Brown (2000)

"The Canaller's Songbook" by The Golden Eagle String Band (1984)

Recordings

Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal