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Linda J. Barth
Author
Teacher
Tour Leader
Author
Teacher
Tour Leader
Hi,
I'm Linda Barth. I live in Somerville, New Jersey with my husband Bob, my biggest
fan and supporter.
Bob and I are active in the D&R Canal Watch, a group that helps to protect the
historic Delaware & Raritan Canal in central New Jersey. We invite you to visit the
D&R Canal State Park to walk, canoe, fish, ride your horse, bird watch, take
photos, and just enjoy the beauty of the park. In addition, we like to travel around
the United States and to foreign countries, too. We have boated on the Erie Canal
in New York State as well as canals in England, Wales, Scotland, France, and the
Netherlands. We rode on a wonderful invention called the Falkirk Wheel in
Scotland; the wheel is like a Ferris wheel that moves boats up and down.
I often combine my interest in canals with my writing to produce travel articles and
books. Two of my volumes for Arcadia Publishing are The Delaware and Raritan
Canal and The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work. I also wrote a children's
book, Bridgetender's Boy, about the son of the canal worker who moved the bridge
out of the way so that boats could pass through.
A few years ago I was asked to write some articles for the Encyclopedia of New
Jersey. That was fun because I had to research and visit towns I had never been to
before.
I am a retired fourth-grade teacher, currently substituting in the Bridgewater-
Raritan Regional School District in Somerset County, New Jersey. I also do work
for a few nonprofit groups, like Celebrate New Jersey and the League of Historical
Societies of New Jersey.
I'm Linda Barth. I live in Somerville, New Jersey with my husband Bob, my biggest
fan and supporter.
Bob and I are active in the D&R Canal Watch, a group that helps to protect the
historic Delaware & Raritan Canal in central New Jersey. We invite you to visit the
D&R Canal State Park to walk, canoe, fish, ride your horse, bird watch, take
photos, and just enjoy the beauty of the park. In addition, we like to travel around
the United States and to foreign countries, too. We have boated on the Erie Canal
in New York State as well as canals in England, Wales, Scotland, France, and the
Netherlands. We rode on a wonderful invention called the Falkirk Wheel in
Scotland; the wheel is like a Ferris wheel that moves boats up and down.
I often combine my interest in canals with my writing to produce travel articles and
books. Two of my volumes for Arcadia Publishing are The Delaware and Raritan
Canal and The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work. I also wrote a children's
book, Bridgetender's Boy, about the son of the canal worker who moved the bridge
out of the way so that boats could pass through.
A few years ago I was asked to write some articles for the Encyclopedia of New
Jersey. That was fun because I had to research and visit towns I had never been to
before.
I am a retired fourth-grade teacher, currently substituting in the Bridgewater-
Raritan Regional School District in Somerset County, New Jersey. I also do work
for a few nonprofit groups, like Celebrate New Jersey and the League of Historical
Societies of New Jersey.
