Canal Life
Animals commonly used to pull canal boats along the towpath
What are mules
The process of heating iron ore to extract metal
What is smelting
The Lenape lived in small family groups often called
Villages or bands
This natural resources powered mills and industry in early villages
what is water power
Instead of lecturing, interpreters should encourage this with vistors
conversation
The narrow waterway that canal boats traveled through
What is a canal
The person responsible for forging iron tools and hardware
Who is a blacksmith
A common lenape food made from corn
maize or corn
Large forests once covered the ridges around waterloo
what is hardwood forests
good intepreters connect facts to these broader human ideas
universal themes / concepts
Many canal workers loved in this type of floating home
What is a canal boat cabin
Forests were cut to produce this fuel used in early iron furnaces
What is charcoal
The lenape used dugout canoes to travel on these
What are rivers or waterways
Iron ore was mined from these natural formations
What are hills or rock deposits
engaing visitors often begins by asking this
a qrestion
The pathway next to the canal where animals walked while pulling boats
What is a towpath
A hammer powered by water used to shape hot iron
What is a trip hammer
Lenape people often moved seasonally to find these
what are food resources or hunting grounds
A valley often becomes a natural corridor for this
travel / transporation
Interprets help vistors make personal connections to emphasize what in interpretive training
relevence
Operating an inclined plane required careful coordination of water, machinary, and these workers who managed the movement of boats
Plane tenders / canal operators
This entire system of iron production relied on forests, ore, and water, often described as what type of industry dependent on natural resources
Resource based industry
Many lenape place names were recorded by europeans using english spelling, making todays names what type of representation of the original languages
phonetic / approximate interpretation
Before industrial development, Lenape people intentionally used this land management technique to improve hunting and plant growth
controlled burn / use of fire
Multiple perspectives / inclusive interpretation