The Tonawandas Celebrate the Erie Canal Bicentennial Tour

Tour Dates:
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
10:00am – 2:30pm

10:00 am Carnegie Art Center
10:30 am Bus Departure
10:45 am Carrousel Factory Museum
12:00 pm Lunch at Webster’s Bistro
Tour of the Canal including a visit to the Long Homestead
2:30 pm Tour Concludes at the Carnegie Art Center

Tour Includes:

• Round Trip Transportation from theCarnegie Art Center 
• Three course luncheon including taxes and gratuities at Webster’s Bistro including historic recipe demonstration.
• Admission to the Carnegie Art Center, Carrousel Museum & the Long Homestead
• Guided tours on the shuttle
All applicable taxes and fees

Cost per person $49.00

For more information or questions contact Barbara Hughes at 
716-264-4314 or email bhughes@webstersnt.com

LUNCH MENU
House Salad, Assorted Mixed Greens, Balsamic Vinaigrette

Entrees - Choice of one
Sauteed Shimp with Garlic Shallots, White Wine and Butter with Pappardelle
Beef Bourguignon, Roasted Mushrooms, Vegetables, Roasted Fingerlings
Chicken Francaise, Parmesan Risotto, Green Beans, Lemon Beurre Blanc

Dessert - Warm Beignets / Chocolate Sauce
French Baguette
Water, Coffee, Decaf Coffee, Hot Tea, Iced Tea

COVID-19 Travel Protocol Policy
*This policy can be updated at any time based on changes to federal and state mandates.At check-in for tour all travelers will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result within 72-hours of travel OR proof of being fully vaccinated as defined by the CDC. The CDC considers a person to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last recommended dose of vaccine. Failure to provide this proof will result in denied boarding and no refunds will be issued

Hear some fascinating history about the Tonawandas and its location on the Erie Canal on this special tour. How did we become associated with lumber? And what years did we surpass Chicago as the Lumber Capital of the World?

Explore streets named after early land owners and influential citizens. Pass late 19th-century and early 20th-century homes with classic architecture, and learn about their former residents.

Admire the stained-glass skylight at the Carnegie Art Center. View the graves of the Herschell Family in an historic cemetery, and stop inside the Allan Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum for a full tour of the complex. Our tour will take us to the six buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places in North Tonawanda, with other places of historic significance along the way.

During our tour we will stop for lunch at Webster’s Bistro. After lunch our trained historians will inform you about the area’s earliest pioneer settlers and the associated rush of immigrants that poured into the area establishing the Twin Cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda. Finally enjoy a guided tour through the gracious 10 room homestead of pioneer Benjamin Long built in 1829 before returing to the Carnegie Art Center. 

This tour meets at the Carnegie Art Center - 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120. Parking is available at the Carnegie Parking lot and on the surrounding side streets.

 

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