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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ronald L. Rice was the map archivist of the Canal Society of New Jersey when he donated this material in 2022. Rice has a long-standing interest in the history of the Morris Canal, which ran through Northern New Jersey for 102 miles for a century, until being decommissioned in 1924.Rice conducts walking tours of the former canal path. Much of this material was used as research for these tours. The material was also used for a book Rice co-authored, Field Guide to the Morris Canal...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ronald L. Rice was the map archivist of the Canal Society of New Jersey when he donated this material in 2022. Rice has a long-standing interest in the history of the Morris Canal, which ran through Northern New Jersey for 102 miles for a century, until being decommissioned in 1924.Rice conducts walking tours of the former canal path. Much of this material was used as research for these tours. The material was also used for a book Rice co-authored, Field Guide to the Morris Canal...