Ohio Hiking Trails / Miami and Erie Canal

<body topmargin="10" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bottommargin="0" marginwidth="0"> <blockquote> <h5 style="text-align: center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="4">Ohio Hiking Trails: Miami and Erie Canal</font>    [<a href="delphos/index.htm">Next</a>]</font><br> <img border="1" src="images/boat.jpg" width="100%"></h5> <blockquote> <p><font size="4">The Ohio Trails Act formed this 40 mile hiking section of the Miami and Erie Canal Towpath Hiking Trails.  Various forms of Ohio canal history such as canal locks, aqueducts, and a canal boat  add to this section of the Ohio Buckeye Hiking Trails, which parallels State Route 66 from Delphos, Ohio, to Fort Loramie. The "Ohio Byway" road signs reference this area as having Miami and Erie Canal attractions. </font></p> <h3><font size="4">Take a walk back into Ohio Canal history and view one of region's first engineering wonders with this Web site which contains 40 pages of attractions with over 80 photographs and maps.</font></h3> <p><font size="4">Hiking distances for Miami and Erie Canal trails, are roughly: </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="4">Delphos to Spencerville, Ohio: 10 miles<br> Spencerville to St. Marys, Ohio: 14 miles<br>St. Marys to New Breman, Ohio: 9 miles<br>New Breman to Minster, Ohio: 4 miles<br>Minster to Ft. Loramie, Ohio: 3 miles </font></p> </blockquote> <p><font size="4">When driving this Ohio Byway, consider alternatives to State Route 66 such as the Delphos Southworth Road  and portions of route 66A.  Saint Marys, Ohio, also has number of options to the Miami and Erie Canal hiking trails, including a canal boat on display.  Lake Loramie State Park and Grand Lake St. Marys State Park each have a camp ground.  Saint Marys has two motels.</font></p> <h3><b><font size="4">For special needs viewers:</font></b></h3> <p><font size="4">Each Web page has a "next" hyperlink after the page title and as the last entry on each page.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Below the "next" hyperlink on this page is the table of contents of the Web site.</font></p> <p><font size="4"><a href="delphos/index.htm">Next</a></font></p> <p><a href="trails/canal-history.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal History</font></a></p> <p><a href="delphos/index.htm"><font size="2">Delphos Ohio Jennings Creek Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="delphos/lock24.htm"><font size="2">Delphos Ohio Lock 24 N, at Stadium Park</font></a></p> <p><a href="delphos/lock23.htm"><font size="2">Delphos Ohio Spillway and Lock 23 N at Third Street</font></a></p> <p><a href="delphos/canalmap.htm"><font size="2">Delphos Ohio Canal Map</font></a></p> <p><a href="delphos/museum.htm"><font size="2">Delphos Canal Museum</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/trail-lock-18-22.htm"><font size="2">Hiking Trails at Locks 18 N - 22 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/lock17.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal Lock 17 N</font></a></p> <p><font size="2"><a href="spencerville/wastewater.htm">Spencerville Ohio Weir</a></font></p> <p><a href="spencerville/aqueduct.htm"><font size="2">Spencerville Ohio Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/spencervillelock15.htm"><font size="2">Hiking Spencerville, Ohio Trails at Locks 15 -16</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/deep-cut.htm"><font size="2">Hiking trails at Canal Deep Cut Historical Park</font></a></p> <p><font size="2"><a href="trails/66-junction.htm">Ohio Canal History - Boom Years</a></font></p> <p><a href="trails/countyaqueduct.htm"><font size="2">Current Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/prairiecreek.htm"><font size="2">Hiking trails at Prairie Creek Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/six-mile-creek-aqueduct.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal Six Mile Creek Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/bloody-bridge.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal Hiking Trail at Bloody Bridge</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/canal-design.htm"><font size="2">Ohio Canal History - Canal Design</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/trail-lock14n.htm"><font size="2">Hiking at Miami and Erie Canal Lock 14 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/40-acre-pond.htm"><font size="2">Hiking trails at Forty Acre Pond</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/towpath.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio hiking trails - RR Trestle & Tunnel</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/stmaryshistory.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio Canal History</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/hydraulic.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio History of the Hydraulic waterway</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/tumble.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio Canal Tumble</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/gristmill.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio historical Grist Mill</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/lock13.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal Lock 13 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/memorial-park.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys Ohio Memorial Park and Canal Boat</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/river-aqueduct.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys River Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/grandlakelock.htm"><font size="2">Hiking Trails at the Grand Lake feeder canal junction</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/house.htm"><font size="2">1860's house - Reflection of Ohio Canal History</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/grand-lake.htm"><font size="2">Miami and Erie Canal feeder lake: Grand Lake St. Marys</font></a></p> <p><a href="trails/feeder-lock.htm"><font size="2">St. Marys, Ohio Canal History at Bulkhead Lock</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/printablemapstmarys.htm"><font size="2">Saint Marys Canal Map</font></a></p> <p><a href="st.marys/trail-locks3-11.htm"><font size="2">Hiking trails at Miami and Erie Canal Locks 3 N through 9 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="newbremen/lock2marker.htm"><font size="2">Historical Miami and Erie Canal Mile Marker 124</font></a></p> <p><a href="newbremen/lock2.htm"><font size="2">Historical Buildings at Lock 2 N</font></a></p> <p><a href="newbremen/lock1.htm"><font size="2">New Bremen, Ohio Lock 1 N and gravel towpath trail southward</font></a><font size="2"> </font> </p> <p><a href="trails/minster.htm"><font size="2">Minster Ohio Canal History</font></a></p> <p><a href="fortloramie/lake.htm"><font size="2">Ohio feeder lake: Lake Loramie</font></a></p> <p><a href="fortloramie/creek-aqueduct.htm"><font size="2">Fort Loramie Ohio hiking trails at Loramie Creek Aqueduct</font></a></p> <p><a href="fortloramie/ftloramie.htm"><font size="2">Fort Loramie, Ohio Canal History and St. Michael's Church</font></a></p> <p><font size="2"> <a href="http://www.hiking.ohiotrail.com/maps/viewablemap.htm">Viewable Miami and Erie Canal Map</a></font></p> <p><a href="maps/printable-map.htm"><font size="2">Printable Miami and Erie Trail Map</font></a></p> <p><font size="4"><a href="delphos/index.htm">Next</a></font></p> <p> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="/tinc?key=wYZKrIF2"></p> </body>