Canal Township

Canal Township combines the calm of a wooded rural community with the transport heritage of the Erie Extension Canal in a way that reflects its position in the French Creek valley of Venango County. French Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, has long influenced settlement and travel in northwestern Pennsylvania. The township’s name recalls the canal route, once part of Pennsylvania’s 19th-century network of inland waterways. Today, this sparsely settled part of the state’s historic oil region retains a landscape of farms, small communities and forest. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Canal Township and Venango County.

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