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(Acer platanoides) A handsome European maple much planted for shade in the U.S. Since l900 many have escaped into the wild from home landscapes.

Born in 1872 on a canal boat in Chillicothe, he was raised on the canals and became a canal boat captain on one of his families two boats (still owned by his mother) when his … more →

Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus and of the related genus Lithocarpus. In our park, most often seen as red or white oak, monumental, towering trees of north eastern Ohio. Oak was used … more →

Also called the Ohio-Erie Canal or the Ohio Canal. Most canals were named for the two bodies of water they connected. This waterway was built to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio River, allowing water … more →

Canal slang for a jug of whiskey. According to Pearl Nye “once back at Lock 15 a man got too ‘heavy’ at the bar, and taking a jug of whiskey under his arm, walked out … more →

(Matteuccia struthiopteris) A tall and elegant fern found in the neglected garden plot northwest of the Mustill Store. Its graceful bipinnatifid fronds grow in a circle from an erect rootstock. The sporophylls are pinnate with … more →