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Student : $11.00USD - yearly Non Profit Organization : $26.00USD - yearly Single : $26.00USD - yearly Couple : $36.00USD - yearly Sustaining : $52.00USD - yearly Patron : $154.00USD - yearly

Helping to preserve Virginia's historic waterways.

• James River Batteau Festival
• VC&NS Programs

  • James River Batteau Festival
• 2012 VC&NS Conference Information
• Marshall Expedition Blog
• The "Sweep"
• The "Tiller"
• VC&NS Online Store
• Action Map

 

THE MARSHALL EXPEDITION:

Andrew Shaw holds a a rib base for the new batteau.

We are extremely proud to present to the Batteau Festival & Canal Society community a new blog titled "The Marshall Expedition". JRBF Captain Andrew Shaw and his dedicated crew are planning an expedition and building a new tapered batteau for an epic journey to travel up-river on the James and beyond. Construction has begun on the new boat. Andrew Shaw will be blogging about the construction and every step along the way. You will want to click on the "RSS" button inside the blog and subscribe your email program to the RSS feed. Whenever a new article is posted you will get a copy in your email. Also click and share articles with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or LinikedIn. This is an exciting new project and I will let you read about it from Andrew's own words. Good Luck to the Captain and Crew! by Holt
Click here or photo above to go to the new blog.

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2012 VC&NS Conference Information:

Please click here or photo above to go to the special
2012 Conference information Page.
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The Roanoke/Staunton River Atlas
is now available!

The brand new Roanoke/Staunton River Atlas by Dr. Bill Trout and Nancy R. Trout has been published.
The price is $28.57 plus $1.43 (5% VA Tax) = $30, plus USPS Shipping & Handling.
Click here or photo above to buy.

Members in the VC&NS be sure to email for your discount code to receive your 20% discount - member price. Please allow 24 hours for reply.

The new Atlas is 176 pages plus front and back cover (1/2 inch thick!!!).
The front cover is in color and this is the first atlas to have plastic spiral binding, making the pages easy to flip around to any page in the book.

Click here or photo above to see photos from the tour with Bill Trout of the
Roanoke River and a Mill Run in Salem, Virginia on October 8, 2011.
© 2011 - Photos by Holt Messerly.

The Roanoke/Staunton River Atlas has been published!
Nancy and Bill Trout hold the brand new river atlas while Phil de Vos holds the Richmond Batteau Flag in the background and Dan Crawford blows the river horn announcing the new publication while standing beside the Roanoke River in Salem, Virginia on Saturday, October 8th, 2011.

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The Batteau "Rose of Nelson" in Chesapeake, VA. Photo furnished by Mike Neal.

Click here or photo above to see photos from this event.

WATERWAYS HERITAGE FESTIVAL

Was held on October 8-9, 2011, Great Bridge Lock Park
On the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway, Chesapeake, VA

VC&NS Southeast Director, George Ramsey, Sr. organized
a display for the VC&NS at this Festival. Mike Neal took the Batteau "Rose of Nelson" to be on display at this event. Great Bridge Lock Park sits beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at the point where the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal - coming up from North Carolina - meets the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. See the online sweep for contact info.

Initial reports are that this event was real nice and thousands of people attended. More information and photos to come
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NEW MAILING
ADDRESS:

VC&NS
P.O. Box 62 Covesville,VA 22931-0062

Please use this new address to mail in your dues, or any other official Virginia Canals & Navigations Society mail such as to the Archivist, etc. Thank you.
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James River Batteau Festival Information:

Please see the JRBF program section for The James River Batteau Festival for information regarding all things batteaux!

Photos from past festivals, building boats and information on upcoming festival dates, etc.

Coming Events:

The New ONLINE
"Sweep"
uses the popular Word Press blogging software and is social media friendly.

Coming events and articles with pictures and videos, etc can be posted and shared. We are going to have several people to help add the information.

This area is under development.
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Site Categories:

History

The Tiller
Several older issues of The Tiller to choose from online.

Canal Parks in Virginia

VC&NS Publications
Online Store

VCNS officers, addresses and email
Want to find a member or become one yourself?

VC&NS Board of Directors Library
(p/w protected)

Inquiries about VC&NS

Archives

Archives Summary

VC&NS Outreach Program

VC&NS news

Canal Photo Gallery
Two classic photo galleries from website archives.

The Great Bridge Medallion Project 2006

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American Canal Society
Our National Counterpart
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Messerly Photo
Donating many photos used in The Tiller
for years.

U-Tube Video for C&O Canal Song:

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Artist Andrei Kushnir performs his song, "Come Walk With Me on the C&O Canal," during a slide show of over 60 of his paintings of the C&) Canal, and photographs of the artist working en plein air and performing his song.
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Virginia Canals Historical Marker Guide

The Virginia Canals Historical Marker Guide provides readers with a backdrop of Virginia canal history as memorialized in the fifteen (15) Virginia historical markers which relate to canal history.

Dismal Swamp Marker - Buy Dismal Swamp Atlas

You can learn more about us at http://www.markerhistory.com
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The Batteau "Virginia Faye" at Warren's Ferry during the 2008 James River
Battteau Festival. Photo by Holt Messerly © 2008-2011, all rights reserved.
(Note: A slice of this photo is used for the heading photo for the store.)

VCNS Online Store:

The Virginia Canals & Navigations Society
is proud of the online store!

On April 20, 2009 the new online store went live! Since that time the store has been in operation and many books have been sold and the monies collected via PayPal. This has been a great asset to the VC&NS. You are able to purchase all of our publications such as River Atlas's online and use your credit card of choice for the transaction. Also, you may pay for memberships and make tax deductible donations to the Canal Society or the Batteau Festival or both!

Click here or on photo above to go to the VCNS Store!

Link is http://vacanals.org/store

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Welcome to the VC&NS.

The Virginia Canals and Navigations Society's web pages offer general information of value to its members and interested "canal buffs" with access to the World Wide Web.

The organization itself was formed in 1977 to preserve and enhance Virginia's rich inland waterways heritage in all its fascinating aspects. History, exploration, archeology, modeling, local lore and legend, restoration, preservation, park and trail development - these are some of the many areas of interest our members pursue to their own great satisfaction and frequently to the lasting benefit of their communities and state.

This site features the following:

• Information and direct links for contacting members and other related sites.

• Access to publications on Virginia rivers and navigation's.

• Planned events, tours, conferences, and workshops.

• Highlights from The Tiller and The Sweep, two quarterly publications by the VC&NS.

• Planned events, tours, conferences, and workshops.

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Related links:

James River Batteau Festival.

The Archeological Society of Virginia.

Yet another canal dedicated web page.

Blackwater Creek Associations/Batteau Blackwater web page.

Canal Basin Square.

USGS online river gauges

Dismal Swamp

VC&NS Archives at the Library of Virginia.

C&O Canal in Washington County, Maryland

http://www.markerhistory.com

 

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