WYANET — The next Friends of the Canal hike of the Hennepin Canal is at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. This 3.2-mile portion of the canal has been named the “Kingfisher.” The hike will be from Lock 17 to ...

Canal engineers recommended that the Hennepin’s locks be built to measure 350 by 75 feet. Too expensive, Congress said, and crippled the canal forever by installing locks of 170 by 35 feet.

The Geneseo Chamber of Commerce will host the 2022 Cruise the Canal golf cart tours of the Hennepin Canal on ... 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. All tours begin at Lock #24 and travel west to Lock #26 before ...

The Friends of the Hennepin Canal will be holding their monthly Hike the Canal outing on Sunday, Jan. 21. This month’s hike will be from Bridge 41 to Lock 29. This portion of the Hike the ...

The Geneseo Chamber's Hennepin Canal golf cart tours sell out each year and can be reserved now. ... Tours are offered at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day at Lock 24.

Hennepin Canal Lock and Dam 33 located in Rock Falls will receive $10.2 million to plan and repair Lock 33, ensuring its structural integrity, while preserving its historic status.

HENNEPIN, Ill. — May's Friends of the Hennepin Canal "Hike the Hennepin" event will be held on May 19 at 1:30 p.m. The crew will meet at Lock 11, just north of Tiskilwa, and walk to Lock 6.