PAST CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS
 
YEAR CONFERENCE CHAIR/CONTACT  CONFERENCE HOST SITE SELECT
YEAR
(2007)

Liverpool, England  U.K.


 
(2006)

2006
World Canal Conference

2006 World Canal Conference
Industry to Recreation: Greening the Coal Canals

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
September 12 - 14, 2006
 

(2005)
Claes-Goran Osterlund, Director
AB Göta kanalbolag
Box 3, S-591 21 Motala, Sweden
Tel +46 (0)141-20 20 50
Fax +46 (0)141-21 55 50

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(2004)
Jan Bechard
Conference Coordinator
Tel: 905-688-5601 ext. 1508
Fax: 905-688-8994

Mailing Address:
50 Church Street
L2R-7C2
St. Catharines, Ontario
 

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(2003) James Stirling, Director
British Waterways Scotland
Canal House 1 Applecross Street
Glascow, Scotland  G4 95P
0141-332-6936


www.scottishcanals.co.uk
(click here for2003  Conference Agenda)
 

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(2002)
Ms. Julie Talbot
Montreal 2002 World Canals Conference
200 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West,
West Tower, 6th Floor
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  H2Z 1X4
(514) 283-6054            FAX (514) 496-1263
Julie.Talbot@pc.gc.ca
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(2001) Mr. John Martin
Waterways Ireland
20 Darling Street
Enneskillen Co Fermanagh  BT 74 7EW
Northern Ireland
+44 2866 323 004
john.martin@waterways-ireland.org

Dublin and Belfast Ireland

 

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(2000)
Ms. Kristen Hanifin, Director of Marketing
New York State Canal Corporation
200 Southern Blvd.
Albany, NY,  12201-0189  USA
(518) 471-4304
kristen_hanifin@canals.state.ny.us

Mr. Thomas Grasso, President Canal Society of New York State
18 Summit Oaks
Pittsford, NY  14534 USA
(585) 387-0099
tgrasso1@rochester.rr.com
 

NY State Canal System
Rochester, New York USA

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(1999)
Ms. Valerie Grimbert
Comite Regional de Tourisme
Nord-Pas De Calais
6 Place Mendes France
59800 Lille, France
3303 2014 5772
vgrimbert@crt-nordpasdecalais.fr

lille, France and La Louviere, Belgium

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(1998)
Mr. Kent Haag
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
3323 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60657  USA
(773) 472-6079
heraclius_60657@yahoo.com

Illinois & Michigan Canal
National Heritage Corridor

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(1997)
Mr. Robert Billington
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
171 Main St.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 02860 USA
(401) 724-2200
bbri@aol.com

Blackstone River Valley
National Heritage Corridor
(Agenda from 1997 Conference)

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(1996)
Mr. Tom Brock
Scottish Seabird Center
The Harbor
North Berwick   EH39 4SS
01620 890202
info@seabird.org

Birmingham, England
Note:  Name changed to World Canals Conference
(Mr. Brock was with British Waterways at the time of  conference)

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(1995)
Ms. Jeanie Allen
Augusta Canal Authority
3042 Pine Needle Rd.
Augusta, GA,  30909 USA
(706) 729-2116, fax (706) 733-2635
jallen@gpb.org
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  (1994)
Mr. David MacDougall
Mgr., Marketing and External Relations
Trent-Severn Waterway
P.O. Box 567  Ashburnham Dr.
Peterborough,  ONT, Canada  K9J 6Z6
(705) 750-4900
dave.macdougall@pc.gc.ca

Trent-Severn Waterway

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(1993)
Mr. Keith Manchester
34 Fletcher Dr.
Falls River, Nova Scotia, Canada  B2T1J2
(902) 861-3509
k.manchester@ns.sympatico.ca

Shubenacadie Canal

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(1992)
Mr. David Johnson
C & O Canal Association Inc
9211 Wadsworth Drive
Bethesda, MD,  20817 USA
(301) 530-7473

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
National Historic Park

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(1991) Mr. Rory Robinson National Park Service
Rivers Trails, and Conservation Assistance
15610 Vaughn Road
Brecksville, Ohio, 44141
USA

(330) 657-2951
rory_robinson@nps.gov

Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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(1990)

Mr. David Ballinger Director, Canal Operations
Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada 
34A Beckwith Street South
Smith Falls, ONT, Canada K7AZA8           
(613) 283 5170
Dave.Ballinger@pc.gc.ca
 
Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada
Note: Name changed to
International Conference on Historic Canals

(for 1990 Agenda, Click Here)
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(1989)  Mr. J. Steven. Humphrey  
National Canal Museum 
30 Centre Square Easton, PA 18042
USA

(610) 559-6619
ncm@canals.org

Delaware & Lehigh Canal
National Heritage Corridor
Hugh Moore Park

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(1988)

Mr. David Carr, Region 2 Land Manager
Illinois Dept. of National Resources
1100 James Road
Spring Grove, Illinois 60081 USA
(815) 675-2385
dcarr@dnrmail.state.IL.US

 
 Illinois & Michigan Canal
National Heritage Corridor

1st National Conference on

Historic Canals

 

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