near Spencerville. The Piqua Historical Area features a replica canal boat and other related items. Anthony Wayne Trail (part of U.S. Route 24 and State Route 25) in and around Toledo, originally named Canal Boulevard, was built on the canal right-of-way, and various relics of the canal survive along the corridor. Much of the canal corridor continues as a prosperous manufacturing area; today Interstate 75 and railroads provide the chief transportation means. An historical reenactment of the Miami-Erie canal days is held during summer and early fall months at Providence Metropark along the Maumee River just west of Toledo near Grand Rapids. Historical actors dress and act as if it is 1876 during the months of May–October. Two mules pull the canal boat titled The Volunteer, while workers man the tiller and provide commentary to the passengers. Providence Metroparks boasts using original lock 44 as part of the tour. That lock is the only working lock in the state of Ohio. The northern portion of the towpath (from Fort Loramie to Delphos and beyond) is used as a hiking trail. Cities and towns along the canal The following is a list of towns and cities within Ohio (arranged North to South) along the Miami and Erie Canal. The canal was constructed parallel to the Maumee River to Defiance, from where it was constructed in a southerly route to Cincinnati. Toledo, Ohio Maumee, Ohio Waterville, Ohio Providence, Ohio (defunct city across the Maumee River from Grand Rapids, Ohio) Napoleon, Ohio Florida, Ohio Defiance, Ohio The canal turns here in a southerly route to Cincinnati. Junction, Ohio Melrose, Ohio Ottoville, Ohio Delphos, Ohio Spencerville, Ohio Kossuth, Ohio St. Marys, Ohio New Bremen, Ohio Minster, Ohio Fort Loramie, Ohio Port Jefferson, Ohio (North end of the Sidney Feeder) Sidney, Ohio (Middle section of the feeder) Lockington, Ohio (Southern end junction of the Sidney Feeder) Piqua, Ohio Troy, Ohio Tipp City, Ohio Huber Heights, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Moraine, Ohio Alexandersville, Ohio West Carrollton, Ohio Miamisburg, Ohio Franklin, Ohio Middletown, Ohio Hamilton, Ohio West Chester, Ohio Sharonville, Ohio Evendale, Ohio Lockland, Ohio (Site of the first set of locks) Elmwood Place, Ohio St. Bernard, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio References External links Map of canals in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal is on the left Miami-Erie Canal Corridor Association History of the canal and description of current efforts to preserve historical features Piqua Historical Society images