The Canal Society of New Jersey offers a wide range of programming at Waterloo Village this year including the new Highlands Canal Boat Exhibit featuring the recently discovered remains of what may be the last Morris Canal Boat. Some of the historic buildings will be open, historic trades & crafts will be demonstrated, and there will be canal boat rides.
HISTORIC TRADES & CRAFTS
– Earle Post, woodworker, has set up a carpentry shop in the Peter D. Smith Carriage House where he will be building a full size canal boat rudder.
– Steve Lauf, miller, will be grinding grain and demonstrating the operation of a real water-powered gristmill.
– Sharon Kuechelmann will demonstrate her skills in a 19th century Seamstress Shop using a vintage treadle sewing machine to recreate authentic period garments.
– Rich Brusco, a metallurgist and blacksmith from Brookside, NJ, will be working in the blacksmith’s shop hammering red-hot metal and interpreting the process.
CANAL BOAT RIDES
A narrated boat ride on the historic Morris Canal will be offered continuously from late morning until 3:30 in the afternoon.
SUMMER & FALL SEASON
Waterloo Village will also be open to the public for other Heritage Days on the following Saturdays: July 22, August 5 & 26, September 9 & 23, October 14 & 28.
For further information, please contact Joe Macasek at 973-292-2755 or at macgraphics2@gmail.com.