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Canal Town Discovery Walk

Walk through a canal-era village where goods arrived by boat and moved through the community.

The Canal Town Discovery Walk takes you inside Historic Roscoe Village—beyond the streets and storefronts—into the places where the doctor practiced medicine, cooked, and entertained, kids learned, tools were built and goods were traded. Authentic artifacts from the 1830’s.
It’s simple to follow and easy to explore at your own pace.

Plan Your Visit

Location: Historic Roscoe Village
Duration: Approximately 60–90 minutes
Experience Type: Self-guided walking tour
Includes: Access to historic buildings and exhibits
Parking: Parking available throughout the village with dedicated parking behind the Visitor’s Center Visitor Center serves as your starting point

Tickets are available online, at the Visitor’s Center, and at the Hay Craft Building.

What You’ll Experience

Your Discovery Walk ticket opens a series of historic spaces throughout the village, each showing a different part of canal-era life.

Visitor Center Theatre & History Room

Start here. Watch the film about the Big Ditch and a canal town came to life, explore the history room with models and artifacts to explore, and see the working canal lock model that explains how boats moved through the system.

Blacksmith Shop

One of the most memorable stops in the village. Watch metal shaped by hand and see how everyday tools, hardware, and canal-related parts were made.

Hay Craft Building

Home to both the print shop and broom shop, this building shows how information and useful goods moved through the same community.

Doctor’s Office

A look at medicine in a canal town, where treatment was practical, personal, and often improvised by today’s standards.

Doctor’s Kitchen & House

A closer look at home life, where meals, soap, candles, and daily necessities were made from scratch. The stone walls and the open kettle for cooking make this area intriguing.

Craftsman’s House – Weaver

See how a working family lived and how labor inside the home connected directly to trade and production.

One-Room Schoolhouse

A single-room system where students of different ages learned together, and older students helped teach the younger ones.

Explore them in any order. Return to the ones that catch your interest. It’s a whole village, not a single stop.

From the village, you can also walk the towpath to see original canal locks—stone chambers that once raised and lowered boats along the route.

Brick streets underfoot. Doors open to working spaces. The canal just steps away.

Make It a Better Visit with

The Canal Experience

The canal boat shows you how it felt to travel the canal.

Ride the canal. Then explore the village that made it work.

Do both, and it all connects.

Pricing

Adult Discovery Walk | $13 per person
Senior Discovery Walk | $12 per person (Ages 60 +)
Student Discovery Walk | $10 per person (Ages 6-18)
Children Discovery Walk | FREE (Ages 5 & Under)
5 Hands-On Crafts | $13 per person

Adult Discovery Walk | $13 per person
Adult Canal Experience | $23 per person
Senior Discovery Walk | $12 per person (Ages 60 +)
Senior Canal Experience | $21 per person (Ages 60 +)
Student Discovery Walk | $10 per person (Ages 6-18)
Student Canal Experience | $18 per person (Ages 6-18)
Children Discovery Walk | FREE (Ages 5 & Under)
Children Canal Experience | FREE (Ages 5 & Under)
5 Hands-On Crafts | $13 per person

Best Value Family Bundle | $45

2 Adults & 2 Students Discovery Walk Tour Tickets

*A small per-ticket booking fee is added at check-out to help cover ticketing costs.

Purchase Discovery Walk Tickets

Advance online purchase encouraged.