Hiking event

SHEFFIELD — Friends of the Canal will hold their monthly Hike the Canal outing on Sunday.

This month’s hike will be from Bridge 28 to Bridge 23. Participants should meet at Bridge 23 on Route 78 just north of Annawan at 1:30 p.m., where they will be shuttled to Bridge 28 to begin the hike. To get to Bridge 23, take Route 6 or Interstate 80 to Annawan and then go north of Route 78 to the canal. The parking area is located on the south side of the canal and the west side of Route 78.

This portion of the “Hike the Hennepin” is 5.0 miles in length and it has been named the “Muskrat”. The “Hike the Hennepin Challenge” has been developed by the Friends of the Hennepin Canal as an opportunity for everyone to get to know the canal personally by hiking it from the Illinois River to the Mississippi, including the feeder canal, in small legs. You need not be a member of the Friends to join in any of the hikes.

The next hike will be in May.

For more information, contact Ed Herrmann at (815) 664-2403 or Pat Stier at (815) 454-2502 or visit: www.friends-hennepin-canal.com/.