THE CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE

 

announces its

 

Winter Symposium & Meeting

     Saturday, March 1, 2008

 

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

 

See attached maps

 

Parking:  Lot M, Center Road

 

Chairs:  T. X. Grasso, D. L. Kipp and D. C. Minor

Executive Director:  Michele Beilman

 

Program

 

8:00 A.M - 8:40 A.M.           Registration    Coffee, Continental Breakfast   

 

8:45 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.          The Great Kanawha Navigation

Dr. Emory Kemp, Prof. (Emeritus), Civil Engineering &

History, Univ. of West Virginia

                                           Morgantown, WV

 

9:15 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.        The Rideau Route—Exploring the Pre-Canal Waterway

                                           Ken Watson, Author/Researcher

                                           Elgin, Ontario, Canada

 

10:00 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.      Coffee Break 

 

 

 

10:15 A.M.– 11:00 A.M.       Palmyra—Canaltown Revival

                                           Hon. Vicky Daly, Mayor, Village of Palmyra

                                           Vice Chair, Canal NY; Commissioner, ECNHCC

                                           Palmyra, NY

 

11:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.      World Canal Conf.—Sept. 15-17, 2008 

                                           Kingston, Ontario on the Rideau Canal

                                           Rideau Canal Representatives

 

12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.       Lunch     Soup, Pasta, Sandwiches,
                                           Coffee, Soft Drinks, and Brownies

 

1:00 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.             Canal Corporation Update (invited)

                                           Carmella R. Mantello, Director, NYS Canal Corporation

                                            Albany, NY

 

1:45 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.          Alternate Propulsion on the Erie Canal

                                           David Kipp, Director CSNYS

                                           Irondequoit, NY

 

2:30 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.          2007 Germany Tour Postmortem

                                           Joan Schumaker, Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway

                                           Nunda, NY

                                          

3:15 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.          Reports, Announcements & Discussion

·        Day Peckinpaugh Restoration Update

Craig Williams/Duncan Hay

·        Spring Meeting – Oswego Canal—Syracuse to Oswego,
June 14-16, 2008 (Todd Weseloh)

·        2008 NYS Canal Conference—Lockport, Oct 5-7, 2008,
 Kal Wysokowski

·        Fall Meeting – Cayuga/Seneca Canal, October 24-26, 2008

·        2009 German Canals Part II Preview, Tom Grasso

·        Other Society Issues

 

4:00 P.M.                             Adjournment