St. Marys Section Trail Alerts:

• (3/21/10) This Alert addresses a breach in the trail in Newport.

  CW	CCW	Pt
  0.0 N	1.6 SE	10.	Towpath at SR-66 in Newport (P, stores) There is a breach in the towpath about ¼ mile ahead which effectively closes the trail between here and Cardo Rd. Temporarily, BT turns N onto SR-66 through Newport and passes the entrance to Hickory Hill Lakes Campground (937-295-3000) in about ½ mile. In 4600' as SR-66 continues N, BT turns W onto Cardo Rd.
  1.6 N	0.0 E	A	Cardo Road (C-91) at Towpath In 3900', BT reaches the remains of the canal and the End of the Bypass. Rejoin BT heading N beside dry canal towards Pt 11 at Loy Rd. There is no significant difference in trail length.

  See the map to the right that shows the changes.

End of Trail Alerts

St. Marys Section

This section follows the old Miami-Erie Canal for just about its entire length.  The canal was built in the 1830's between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.  You will walk past many of the original locks as you start the section in Lockington.  Most of the walk will be along the original towpath, though some road walking is used where the towpath is gone.  The trail passes through the old canal towns of Minster, New Bremen and St. Marys before ending in the village of Kossuth.

NEW SHELTER: In the summer of 2010, a Boy Scout as part of his Eagle Scout project, constructed a shelter past Point 6 north of the footbridge, just after the BT ascends out of the ravine onto the towpath.

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