And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant”
The beauty of Spring season, captured in this lovely little park Canal Basin Park, located in Hollidaysburg, PA, USA.
Photography : Andrews Karunakaran
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The Play Area of this Historical PA Canal Basin Park is a custom designed play structure replicating a Sectional Canal Boat.
The Sectional Boats were designed and built by Captain John Dougherty in Hollidaysburg during the Historical Blair County Canal Era.
The Steam Engine, which pulled the barges up the incline, is located in the park.
Explore Pennsylvania History through the trails at Blair County’s Canal Basin Park, the unique play structure is one of a kind designed solely for this Pennsylvania Park. The Hollidaysburg, PA area is one of the oldest Historic Central Pennsylvania Attractions.
The Historical Pennsylvania Canal Basin Park Visitors Center is located in a restored house from the Victorian period known as the Reiser House. The Visitors Center is located at the site where the Lock Tender’s House stood during the Canal Period.
