Welcome to ohiowaterways.com!   If you are here, it is likely that you are working on a project with me and are contemplating making a contribution to the site.

Ohiowaterways describes life along the Ohio Canal and the Little Cuyahoga River that run through Akron, Ohio.  The form of the site is an illustrated dictionary.   The dictionary contains information about plants, animals, built things, organizations, and culture and landscape found along the canal and the river.  The dictionary is open ended, that is, there can be more entries added and as many different kinds of illustrations of the entries as are presented by participants.  A single definition can have many different illustrations.  Some could be drawings, others photographs or videos.

If you have an idea for the site please contact me.  If you have a definition or an illustration you may email it to me by using the address to the left.

Thank you,

Donna Webb

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Garfield, James

Twentieth president of the United States. Served as hoggie or mule boy, one summer for the “Morning Star” on the Cleveland-Akron stretch of the canal.

Garlic Mustard

(Alliarria officinalis) A very common plant in the park. Rounded leaves are soft and fuzzy with a faint scent of garlic.

Giant Reed

  Along the banks of marshs, tall grasses grow known as the Giant reed or Phramites communis. It has flower clusters for heads and woody stems. The Giant reed or Common reed is a native, … more →

Grapevine

(Vitis sp) Woody vines that bear grapes. (Fox grapes, Frost Grapes Scuppernongs). Vikings called North America Vineland and the name still fits. Grapes grow from Canada to Mexico. In the l860’s grapevines were planted on … more →

Grass

(Poa sp., Festuca sp., Panicum sp.) Green herbage affording pasturage, forage or hay , the vegetive condition of grain, and ornamental vegetation for lawns. Grasses are found throughout the park but especially in the area … more →

Green Turtle

A popular lounge and gathering place located on Howard Street just north of the Matthew’s Hotel.