The Canal Experience At Providence Metropark 

• Ride an authentic, mule-drawn canal boat (tickets: $6 adults, $5 seniors 60 and over, $3 children 3 to 12). Free tours of historic Isaac Ludwig Mill. General Store.

• Open Wednesday-Sunday, May-October

• Location: Grand Rapids, Ohio

• Phone: 419-407-9700 

Travel back in time to the days when the smoothest way to go long distances was aboard boats towed by mules along manmade waterways. Board an authentic, mule-drawn canal boat named The Volunteer to experience what life was like during the canal era. Historical reenactors operate the boat, staying in character on the first half of the 45-minute cruise to spin tales of life in mid-1800s Ohio. Then tour an authentic, 1800s saw and gristmill where interpreters demonstrate how water power was used to saw wood and grind flour.

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