Windsor Locks Canal Trail in Windsor Locks, just on the other side of the canal from the train station! A beautiful 4.5 miles walk along the Connecticut River. Trouble with the above link? Try viewing our copy of the Windsor Locks Canal Trail in PDF format.

Windsor Locks Canal
In addition to its beauty and history, the Windsor Locks Canal trail should also be known for the friendliness of those who traverse it. Visit this site maintained by the Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal, a group of dedicated volunteers who clean and maintain the 4.5 miles of publicly accessible walking and biking trail alongside the Connecticut River from Suffield CT south to Windsor Locks.

Connecticut Trolley Museum
Just across the Connecticut River in East Windsor! Ride real Trolleys, and visit the Transportation and fire Museums.

Windsor Locks Public Library
28 Main Street, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 - 860-627-1495
Location for some of our meetings and an incredible resource for research.

The Canal at Windsor Locks
Prior to the construction of the Enfield Canal, this area was called Pine Meadow. Windsor Locks derived its name from the Enfield Falls canal...

Canals of the Connecticut River
The sixth, last, and most southerly of the canals built upon the Connecticut River was that at Windsor Locks, CT.

WINDSOR LOCKS CANAL TOWPATH LETTERBOX
The Windsor Locks Canal was built by hand between 1827 and 1829. It is 5 ½ miles long, 80 feet wide, but only 4 ½ feet deep. Three locks were built...

Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc.
Links to many beautiful and historic gardens and properties in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. This is the same agency that created the renovation and Site Plan for the Windsor Locks Train Station Project.

Amherst Railway Society
The Amherst Railway Society has about 500 members who share some aspect of railroading as a common interest. Monthly meetings cover current topics in railroad news and offer slide shows, movies or a prominent speaker on a railroading topic. The Society also sponsors and participates in several train trips each year.

Every February the Society presents its annual "Big Railroad Hobby Show" at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds (The Big E) in West Springfield, MA. The Windsor Locks Preservation Association has a booth! Come visit us during the show and buy some gifts for your friends and family! This show has become the biggest railroad show in the Northeast.

Proceeds from the show are used to promote interest in railroads. Donations have been made to various railroad museums, historical societies, restoration projects (including the Windsor Locks Preservation Association!) and scholarship funds. Organizations that have received donations include: the Fall River and Old Colony Museum, the 470 Club's Boston and Maine diesel locomotive restoration project, the Boston and Maine Historical Society, the Chester Foundation Station Project, the Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington Building and Car Fund as well as trolley museums in Shelburne Falls, MA, Warehouse Point, CT, Branford, CT and Kennebunk, ME.


Media

Windsor Locks Journal
Our home town source for local news!

Reminder Newspapers & Yellow Pages
Reminder Newspapers family owned and operated since 1949, bring us more local news and information.

The Hartford Courant
Connecticut news from Connecticut's premiere newspaper The Hartford Courant.

Journal Inquirer
Local news from Windsor Locks, East Windsor, Suffield and surrounding towns.