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Providence Metropark is a regional park near Grand Rapids, Ohio, USA, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo.The park contains mule-drawn canal boat rides on the Miami and Erie Canal and features canal lock 44, the only original functioning lock in the state of Ohio.
The Miami and Erie and Wabash and Erie canals, which connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie, passed through an area now included in the park. [2]The first 14 acres (5.7 ha) of the state park were donated by the park's namesake, Mary Jane Thurston, who was a teacher in Grand Rapids.
On July 3, 1827, the first canal boat on the Ohio and Erie Canal left Akron, traveled through 41 locks and over 3 aqueducts along 37 miles (60 km) of canal, to arrive at Cleveland on July 4. While the average speed of 3 mph (5 km/h) may seem slow, canal boats could carry 10 tons of goods and were much more efficient than wagons over rutted trails.
A restored section of canal, including a canal lock, is operated at Providence Metropark, where visitors can ride an authentic canal boat. The Wabash and Erie Canal was constructed on the south side of the river, continuing southwest from Defiance to Fort Wayne, Indiana, crossing the "summit" to the Wabash River valley (in Miami-Illinois the ...
The seven National Park Service visitor centers have displays and interpretive exhibits on the history of the canal. [36] The park offers rides on two reproduction canal boats—the Georgetown and the Charles F. Mercer (named after the first president of the Canal corporation, and not the first boat on the canal named Charles F. Mercer ...
The river rapids ride concept was proposed by Bill Crandall (general manager of AstroWorld in Houston) and developed by Intamin. AstroWorld introduced the world's first river rapids ride, Thunder River, in 1980 and popularized a concept which can now be found at most major amusement parks. Despite being an incredibly popular attraction ...
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All of the rides were portable and not installed as permanent rides. On January 24, 2003, Couch's LeSourdsville Lake RV Super Center held its grand opening at the park. The park's old dormitory used during the 1990 season, was remodeled and made a part of the new store and showroom.