Schedule:

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Samuel Center
Lois Howe McClure:  A Passion for History and a Legacy of Giving
Lynn Fall, Historian

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Samuel Center
“The Lois McClure Project, Creating A 'Time Machine' Volume I”
Art Cohn

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
(Lunch Break)

1:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Dedication Ceremony The Old Erie Canal Heritage Park, Port Byron 

2:45 AM - 3:15 PM Samuel Center
10th Anniversary of the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park/Background of the creation of the park
Craig Williams, President Emeritus, Canal Society of NY State &
Captain Tammee Poinan Grimes, President, Canal Society of NY State

3:15 AM - 4:30 PM Samuel Center
Introduction by David Kinyon, Chairman, Lockport Locks Heritage District
“America’s Stairway”
Lockport Flight of Five Documentary showing

Dedication Ceremony presenters:

  • Captain Tammee Poinan Grimes, President 
    Canal Society of NY State
  • Tom Prindle
    State Council on Waterways
  • Art Cohn Director Emeritus 
    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
  • Robert Beach, Co-founder & Board Member
    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
  • Wendy Beach, Board Member
    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
  • Pieter Smeenk, Chair
    Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission
  • Ben Walsh, Director 
    NY State Canal Corporation
  • Jim McClure,
    Son of Lois & Mac McClure

NOTE: On the day of the dedication event, no public parking will be available at the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park site. Visitors will park at the Samuel Center for Canal History in Port Byron or the Port Byron Central School athletic fields parking lots (off of Rte 31). Shuttle buses (including a wheelchair accessible bus) will be available to the event sites.