Visitors to Whitewater Canal State Historic Site can tour a gristmill, ride a horse-drawn boat, and shop. Special activities include May Days, Canal Days, and a Christmas Walk in Metamora.
Special Events 2008
Memorial Day Ceremonies - May 25
This annual event will start at 2 p.m. Please join us as we celebrate this holiday and honor the men and women who have served our country.
Celebrate 1838 Strawberry Days - June 7 and 8
Fireman's Festival and Annual Duck Derby - July 4
Metamora Old Time Music Festival - August 30 and 31
Canal Days - October 3-5
Haunted Halloween Cruises - October 18 and 25
The canal boat will be decorated for this night cruise, which includes spooky canal stories and treats afterward. Admission is $4 per person.
Metamora Christmas Walk - TBA, Holiday Season 2008
The village of Metamora will be decorated for the season with the canal and walkways lit by candlelight, and carolers and Santa will make the rounds. This event was nominated as one of the Top 100 Attractions in North America. The canal boat will be closed for the season, but The Grist Mill Gift Shop will be open extended hours.
For more detailed information concerning special events, call 765.647.6512 or e-mail
whitewatercanalshs@dnr.in.gov
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Educational Events 2008
Covered Wagon Outreach Program
This is an outreach program that runs January through April. For more information, please call the site at 765.647.6512.
Indiana History Workshop - May 7
This is a fourth-grade education program focused on Indiana history. It will feature activities set up at various stations.
Engineering Day - May 17
Life on the Whitewater Canal - Fall 2008
Travel back to Indiana's canal era by riding on a replica of the canal boats that once dominated transportation into the Whitewater Valley. Students will glide through the only remaining canal aqueduct in Indiana and, depending on water levels, a newly restored lock on the Whitewater Canal. They also can visit a gristmill, see a fire-pit cooking demonstration, taste an old-fashioned snack, listen to stories about the canal, take part in a heritage walk, and create an 1830s craft to take home. The cost is $4 per person.
For more information on school programs and Indiana Academic Standards met at Whitewater Canal State Historic Site, contact Jim Hamill, cultural administrator, at 765.647.6512 or Anne Fairchild, Eastern Region education coordinator, at 812.273.4531 or by e-mail at afairchild@dnr.in.gov.