The National Canal Museum, an affiliate of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, has announced that lock rides to Lock 47 on Section 8 of the Lehigh Canal in Hugh Moore Park will return for the 2016 “Conversations on the Canal:” Dinner Cruise Series.

This was not available to visitors last year. On lock rides, the Josiah White II Canal Boat will pass into and out of the only operating lock left on the Lehigh Canal. Section 8 of the Lehigh Canal is the only section of the canal left where a mule-drawn canal boat will pass into an operating lift lock.

Upcoming Dinner Cruises include:

June 5: “The Voyage of the Molly Polly Chunker,” 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

July 16: “Music on the Old Canal,” a lock ride, 5:30 - 8 p.m.

July 30: “Groovin’ On the Lehigh Canal: A 1960s Music Cruise,” 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Ticket price includes admission to the Josiah White II Canal Boat, dinner and themed, live entertainment.

Visitors can purchase tickets at: canals.org/canalendar/.

For information on the “Conversations on the Canal” Dinner Cruise Series, contact Loretta Susen: loretta@delawareandlehigh.org. or 610-923-3548, ext. 221.

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is a non-profit organization that preserves historic pathway that carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia. Today, the D&L Trail connects people to nature, culture, communities, recreation and the industrial heritage.