Explore The I&M Canal with Chances of Winning Prizes!

Pick up an I&M Canal National Heritage Area's 35th Anniversary Passport (or dust off your old one) and continue the journey up and down the Illinois & Michigan Canal. The program has been extended to August 23, 2021, giving you plenty of time to win a prize. Pick up your passport for free at any of the stops listed below.

Here are the passport sites that have already opened back up this month:

• Canal Origins Park/ Boathouse (M-F 9-5)
•  St. James of the Sag Church (W-F 9-3)
•  Downtown Lemont/ Inn at Smokey Row (M-F 11-8, Sat 11-6, Sun 11-5)
•  Isle a la Cache Museum (T-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4)
•  Gaylord Building (T-F 9-5, Sat 12-5)
•  Will County Historical Museum & Research Center (W-Sun 12-4)
•  Four Rivers Environmental Education Center (T-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4)
•  Grundy County Historical Museum (Th-Sat 10-3)
•  Downtown Morris/Morris Chop Shop (W 4-8, Th-F 4-9, Sat 12-9, Sun 3-8)
•  Ottawa Visitor Center (M-F 9-5, sat 10-3)
•  Reddick Mansion (F-M 11-1)
•  Hegeler Carus Mansion (W-Sat)
•  Westclox Museum (M,W,F, Sat 10-2)

Passport sites by appointment:

•  Little Red Schoolhouse
•  Carbon Hill School Museum

More sites will be opening in April, so be sure to leave some room in your scheduled to collect as many stamps as you can.

In case you need a little more motivation, here is how you can win a prize:

•  Collect 20 Stamps – level 1
  •  One book “Passage to Chicago: A Journey on the Illinois & Michigan Canal in the Year 1860” by illustrator and historian Tom Willcockson
  • One grab & go one-hour bike ride coupon
  • Two entries into the grand prize sweepstakes
•  Collect 35 Stamps – level 2
  •  One limited edition I&M Canal National Heritage Area 35th Anniversary passport T-shirt
  • One $10 dinning certificate for Lock 16 Café
  • Three entries into the grand prize sweepstake
• Grand Prize: One Winner Only
  • A private party for up to 70 people on “The Volunteer,” the I&M Canal National Heritage Area mule-pulled boat

For more information about all participating locations and sweepstakes rules, visit iandmcanal.org/passport/