Audio tour Union Canal Bicycle & Walking Trail
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Audio tour Summary
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Welcome to the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department's Union Canal Bicycle and Walking Trail. The trail follows along the Tulpehocken Creek, named by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans, the earliest inhabitants to the area. Tulpehocken means the "Land of the Turtles." This secluded valley trail has witnessed the successive arrival of farmers, millers, canal men, real estate developers, and now park visitors. Today, a 306-acre county park traces a 4.5 mile stretch of the creek from Stonecliffe Park to Reber's bridge. In addition, a 1.8-mile connector trail links the Union Canal Trail to the Blue Marsh Lake trail system. Along these paths, the natural and historic heritage of the area has been preserved for future generations. Many of the old structures you see have withstood the test of time. Others can only be recognized by the rubble ruins that remain.
- 1 Stonecliffe
- 2 Kissinger Homestead and Blacksmith Shop
- 3 Union Canal Mule Bridge and Lock No. 51 E.
- 4 Fisher Homesteads and Waste Culvert
- 5 Gring's Mill and Homestead
- 6 Lock No. 49E
- 7 Site of J.B. Winter's Grist Mill
- 8 Berks County Heritage Center and Wertz's Covered Bridge
- 9 Lock No. 48.E
- 10 Van Reed Property
- 11 Lock No. 47 E.
- 12 Reber's Mill and Bridge
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Audio tour Summary
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Welcome to the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department's Union Canal Bicycle and Walking Trail. The trail follows along the Tulpehocken Creek, named by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans, the earliest inhabitants to the area. Tulpehocken means the "Land of the Turtles." This secluded valley trail has witnessed the successive arrival of farmers, millers, canal men, real estate developers, and now park visitors. Today, a 306-acre county park traces a 4.5 mile stretch of the creek from Stonecliffe Park to Reber's bridge. In addition, a 1.8-mile connector trail links the Union Canal Trail to the Blue Marsh Lake trail system. Along these paths, the natural and historic heritage of the area has been preserved for future generations. Many of the old structures you see have withstood the test of time. Others can only be recognized by the rubble ruins that remain.
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