This tour is described online by the Walking the Falls group = get a map in PDF format at the link to the left.
Leo Labonte describes the Canal in this VIMEO video.
Read a large HTT article from 1960 LINK and then one from 1949 LINK
- This is also part of the South Hadley Heritage tour. Navigate back to the tour page HERE.
- Private GROUP TOUR (COSTS) is two hours long for this Riverside Park to Canal Park walking tour.
- A free public tour comes up every year.
- VIDEO introduction to the tour
- A self-tour is available for anyone using the maps and text seen below. – LOCATION
| stop | location | notes | Link |
| 1 | Texon Park | closed in 2026 | LINK |
| 2 | Gatehouse Park | closed | LINK |
| 3 | Lower Riverside Park | open in 2026 | LINK |
| 4 | Lock System | LINK | |
| 5 | Incline Plane | LINK | |
| 6 | Glasgow Workers’ Homes | LINK | |
| 7 | South Hadley Library | LINK | |
| 8 | Canal Street Architecture | 17 Canal Street is Carew Workers Housing from 1860. | LINK |
| 9 | Hadley Falls Bicentennial Park | LINK | |
| 10 | South Hadley Canal | LINK | |
| 11 | Inclined Plane and Lock System | LINK | |
| 12 | Canal Boats | LINK |