What a summer! It’s been hot, hot, hot, but that hasn’t stopped the action along the Delaware Canal. As always, from sinkholes and sidewalks to wall repairs, pumps and low water levels, the Friends endeavor to meet the Canal’s challenges – in a multitude of ways. One major milestone is the nearly complete reconstruction of the Redfield Bridge just north of Centre Bridge.

The days of May were glorious along the Delaware Canal. In Easton, the abundant water being fed from the Lehigh River filled the Canal all the way south to the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area.

The gates that allow Lehigh River water to flow into the Delaware Canal were reopened last Friday.   The Canal has been refilling and flow has reached its current destination, the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, 29 miles south of Easton.    Thanks to …

Endings, beginnings, and continuations are all part of this spring’s Delaware Canal news. Fortunately, there is much to report regarding project completions thanks to our generally temperate winter.

April 27, 2016 Bi-State Construction is in the process of completing the installation of the pipe and coffer dam system that will allow Canal water to flow south through the leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct.  If all goes well, the gates at the Lehigh River   …

April 25, 2016 In order to restore the Lehigh River water flow to the south, Bi-State Construction will install coffer dams at either end of the leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct and run three pipes through aqueduct span.    Mobilization has already begun.  T …

April 20, 2016 The amount of water reaching the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area north of Centre Bridge has diminished due to several circumstances. Debris, brush, yard waste, etc. continues to accumulate at the locks and stop gates on the route south …

February 22, 2016 The Park staff has finished repairing the towpath bank subsidence north of Mueller’s Store and Restaurant and Lehigh River water again is flowing into the section between Easton and Lodi/Lock 19/ State Park Office.