This map shows how a $30 million project will connect existing sections of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail with a 2.7-mile stretch, shown as a gray dotted line.

The Simsbury Free Library (SFL) is pleased to announce the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) has awarded an Individual Achievement Award of Merit to Carl Walter for his work on the… ...

While the path of the original Farmington Canal goes through the New Haven’s FBI office on State Street, the trail will follow city streets toward the boathouse. Graphic courtesy of Louie Lu, ...

NEW HAVEN >> The first watercolor in Robert Madison’s series of 16 paintings he created in 2015 shows a canal boat in New Haven Harbor, almost dwarfed by the majesty of the schooner Amistad ...

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker speaks at a news conference marking the opening of New Haven’s final segment of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in a tunnel under Whitney Avenue on May 9, 2025.

The long-delayed final downtown stretch of the Farmington Canal Trail could open to the public next month. Graffiti taggers, meanwhile, have already left their mark. When completed, this section of ...

The final phase of the Farmington Canal Heritage Project will soon be available to the public. The City of New Haven has been working on the final stretch since 2021. Phase four of the trail will ...

That’s because, just last week, they opened up the last couple blocks of the Farmington Canal Trail, including a 400 foot-long tunnel that has taken years to complete. “Two decades.

Aaron Goode of the New Haven Friends of the Farmington Canal Greenway suggested that the trail do more to showcase the shoreline near East Shore Park and Forbes Bluff. Goode predicted that a lot of ...