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• Plan Your Visit
  • Basic Information
    • Operating Hours & Seasons
    • Fees & Passes
    • Current Conditions
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  • Directions & Transportation
    • Maps
  • Places To Go
    • Boott Cotton Mills Museum
    • Mogan Cultural Center
    • Northern Canal Walkway
  • Things To Do
    • Guided Tours
    • Trolleys
    • Riverboat Tours
    • Lowell Waterways
    • Art in the Park
    • Wellness on the Walkways
    • The Measure of Work: Sounds of Labor in Lowell
    • Lowell Walks
    • Lowell Women's Week
  • Calendar
  • Safety
    • Bicycling
  • Accessibility
  • Nearby Attractions
• Learn About the Park
  • Park in Progress
  • One City, Many Cultures
  • News
    • News Releases
  • Photos & Multimedia
    • Photo Gallery
    • Multimedia Presentations
      • Podcasts
  • History & Culture
    • Proprietors of Locks and Canals Photos
    • Anti-Slavery in Lowell
    • Making Connections: The 40th Anniversary of Lowell National Historical Park
    • People
      • The Mill Girls
      • The Boardinghouse Keeper
      • Lucy Larcom
      • Sarah Bagley
      • Women's History in Lowell
      • Kirk Boott
      • James B. Francis
      • Nathan Appleton
      • Patrick Tracy Jackson
      • Abbott Lawrence
      • Jack Kerouac
    • Places
      • The Boarding Houses
      • The Merrimack River
      • Suffolk Mills Turbine Exhibit
      • Capital and the Agents House
      • The Acre
    • Stories
      • The Trolleys
      • Lowell NHP Quarter
      • The Francis Pitcher
      • Park Handbook
    • Collections
      • Park Library
      • Finding Aids
      • External Resources
  • Nature
    • Animals
      • Birds
        • Double-Crested Cormorant
        • Great Blue Heron
        • House Sparrow
        • Mallard Duck
        • Pigeon (Rock Dove)
        • Red-Tailed Hawks
      • Fish
        • American Eel
        • Atlantic Salmon
        • Common Carp
      • Mammals
        • Cottontail
        • Eastern Grey Squirrel
        • Muskrat
    • Plants
      • Boston Ivy
      • Cattail
      • Purple Loosestrife
      • Queen Anne's Lace (Wild Carrot)
      • River Birch (Red Birch)
      • Tree-of-Heaven
    • Environmental Factors
      • Water Quality
    • Natural Features & Ecosystems
      • Rivers and Streams
      • Watersheds
  • Education
    • Lyddie
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • Professional Development
    • Plan A Field Trip
    • Curriculum
  • Kids & Youth
    • Kids Week
    • Become a Junior Ranger
    • Scout Ranger Program
  • Management
    • Laws & Policies
      • Superintendent's Compendium
    • Park Reports
    • Your Dollars At Work
  • Park Store
• Get Involved
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  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Jobs
    • Volunteer Spotlight
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  • Work With Us
  • Support Your Park
    • Youth Programs
    • Employment