Below is the announcement for the Canal Society’s Winter Meeting
Further information, including pre-registration procedures
may be found at the Society’s web page
http://www.newyorkcanals.org/explore_symposium.htm
pre-registration forms are due by February 22nd
THE CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE
announces its
Winter Symposium &
Meeting
Saturday, March 3,
2012
All events located in:
Warshof Conference Center, Room Monroe A & B
(Enter through lobby at northeast corner of Building 3)
Brighton Campus, Monroe Community College
1000 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14623
Parking: Lot M, Center Road
Program
8:00 A.M - 8:40 A.M. Registration Coffee, Continental Breakfast
8:45 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. The Canal Corridor: Today’s Canal Structures Survey and Interpreting Yesterday’s History
Duncan Hay, PhD, National Park Service and Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission Historian
Boston, MA
9:30 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. Panama Canal Exploration Preview
Thomas X. Grasso, President, Canal Society of NYS
Pittsford, NY
David Wahl, Member, Board of Directors, CSNYS
East Aurora, NY
10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Coffee Break
10:30 A.M.– 11:15 A.M. A Video Oral History of the Erie Canal
Daniel Franklin Ward, PhD, Curator, The Erie Canal Museum
Syracuse, NY
11:15 A.M. – 11:45 Stormy Weather: Miracle on the Mohawk
Brian Stratton, Director, NYS Canal Corporation
Schenectady, NY
11:45 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Lunch Soup, Pasta, Sandwiches,
Coffee, Soft Drinks, and Brownies
12:30 P.M. – 1:15 P.M. Canalway Trail Update
John DiMura, NYS Canal Corporation Trails
Director
Albany, NY
1:15 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Highlights From the Madden Canal Photographic Collection
[Can You Name That Canal Location?]
William Schollenberger, Civil Engineer,
NYS Canal Corporation, Retired
Albany, NY
2:00 P.M. – 2:45 P.M. The Canals and Inland Waterways of Belgium
CSNYS/IWI Tour—October 3 to 15, 2012
Thomas X. Grasso, President, CSNYS
Pittsford, NY
2:45 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. CSNYS Annual Meeting and Reports,
Announcements & Discussion
