The D&L Blog Trails

Written By Silas Chamberlin Those of you who travel the Lehigh Gorge know about the pair of dentures embedded in the mortar of some WPA-era stone work. Over the years, there have been rumors of…

Written By Rayne Schnabel and Silas Chamberlin On October 7, sixteen of the Moravian Hall Square “Happy Hikers” got their tails on the trail, during a morning walk on the newest section of the D&L…

Written By Silas Chamberlin Riegelsville is not the most well-known of Delaware Canal towns. Most tourists head straight for New Hope, Yardley, or Morrisville. If you stick to Rt. 611, you might even pass through…

Written By Silas Chamberlin When completed, the East Coast Greenway (ECG) will provide a 3,000-mile link between northern Maine and Key West, with stops in every major city along the way. In a sense, you…

Written By Silas Chamberlin On September 24th, exactly four months after closing for extensive repair, cleaning and painting, Morrisville’s Calhoun Street Bridge once again welcomed nearly 18,000 daily vehicles crossing the Delaware River between Morrisville,…

Written by Silas Chamberlin Crews are currently working to install new D&L signage throughout Delaware Canal State Park. Paid for with federal transportation enhancement funds, the new signage will help direct trail users to points…

In late September, the D&L Trail Tenders once again flocked to Walnutport for their annual picnic.  This is a chance to celebrate all of the hard work our volunteers do for the D&L Trail with…

Written by Silas Chamberlin Our “Take a Hike!” series periodically features a favorite day hike or bike on the D&L Trail. The fourth installment is a loop hike or bike on the towpaths of the…

Written By Silas Chamberlin Every year hundreds of canal enthusiasts gather at a different location for a week-long series of lectures, workshops, and field trips known as the World Canals Conference. This year’s conference was…

The ship is sailing! It’s now or never to hop aboard next week’s Lehigh Valley Trails Summit. Set for September 30 and October 1 at DeSales University, the two-day event sponsored by the Delaware &…

Written by Silas Chamberlin Our “Take a Hike!” series periodically features a favorite day hike or bike on the D&L Trail. The third installment is a hike or bike on the Lehigh Canal towpath, between…

Written by the Jim Thorpe Chamber of Commerce Let’s be clear on the role of tourism in the local economy – it is undeniably all-important to the future of Carbon County.  Ask any business leader…