2025 Events

Step Back in Time – Lock Tender’s House Open House!

Join us this Sunday, August 17, from 1–3 PM, at the historic Lock Tender’s House along the Schuylkill Canal.

Explore this beautifully restored piece of canal history and learn about the lives of 19th-century lock tenders.

Enjoy exhibits, photographs, and stories of the canal era.

Admission is free – donations are appreciated and help preserve our local history. Bring your curiosity and step into the past!

42nd Annual Canal Day

Sunday, June 29^th, 11am – 5pm

The SCA invites the community to its 42nd Annual Canal Day celebration at Lock 60 and St. Michael’s Park in Mont Clare, PA (right across the river from Phoenixville). This day full of fun along the Schuylkill Canal Park includes food, music, kids fishing derby, face painting, Sly Fox Can Jam, etc. Event parking is available at St. Mikes Park at the end of Jacobs Street in Mont Clare.  Parking donation of $5 requested. Please be advised, Towpath Road will be closed to vehicular traffic, starting at 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM.   

Children of all ages can join in with adult supervision; free of charge; however, donations will gladly be accepted.

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