MONTVILLE TWP HISTORICAL SOCIETY Glimpses of the Past Lectures

“Waterloo
Village – Then and Now” is the subject of the next “Glimpses of the Past
History Series” at the Montville
Township Historical Society’s program, May 12 (Monday), 7:30 p.m. in the Montville Township Senior House, 356 Main, Montville.

Andrea Proctor, Waterloo Resource
Interpretive Specialist, will speak on Waterloo Village as to
what it is, what changes have occurred there and what is happening now.  A village rebirth is happening there now, due
to efforts of the state and the Canal Society of NJ.  

Waterloo
Village is located on the Musconetcong River, near Stanhope, New Jersey, on the
border of Sussex and Morris counties. The village’s history began with Native
Americans, which was followed by a pre-Revolutionary iron town, a Morris Canal
town, and a Victorian village, with an active United Methodist Church that
opened in 1859. 

The Canal Society of NJ manages the New Jersey Canal Museum at

Waterloo.  They also have exhibits in the
a barn on the property, while also open Smith’s Store, the blacksmith shop, the
1820s Rutan log cabin and, the waterpowered Grist Mill.  Canal Heritage Days are held on the second and fourth
Saturdays of the month through October and
include boat rides on the canal and guided tours of all the open buildings.

The Canal Society is actively
working to extend the boundaries of the National Register of Historic Places
designation which currently encompasses the narrow canal right-of-way and the
Sussex County side of the village.

Come
and learn the history of Waterloo Village, what is happening there now and how
you can make a difference in preserving our heritage at Waterloo Village.

The program is presented
at the Montville Township
Historical Society Meeting May 12 (Monday), 7:30 p.m. in the Montville Township Senior House,
356 Main, Montville.