D&R Canal Watch to host guided walking tour

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The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch is set to hold the sixth in its series of free interpretive walking tours of the canal Sept. 13.

The walk is set to take place between Alexander Road in Princeton and Carnegie Road in Lawrence, with the option of a shorter walk.

The five and 1/2-mile walk includes Turning Basin Park, Port Mercer and its historic bridge tender’s house, a convenient side trail to the historic Brearley House, a footbridge over Route 1, Bakers Basin and the bridge tender’s house at Carnegie Road. The shorter walk will be about two miles

Canal Watch board member Bob Barth is set to conduct the walk and provide commentary.

Walk paricipants are set to meet 10 a.m. at the canal parking lot on Carnegie Road in Lawrence. Carnegie Road can be reached from northbound Brunswick Avenue, north of Darrah Lane. Carpools will be arranged to allow a one-way walk.

The nonprofit D&R Canal Watch helps promote, enhance and preserve the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park. Donations to support the park are appreciated.

For further information and weather-related updates, call Barth at (201) 401-3121 or e-mail barths@att.net.

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