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Canton Ferry

The Canton Ferry is the longest continually operating ferry service on the Mississippi River. The first known ferry service began operation a few miles north of Canton around 1844

Canton, MO Tours

Lock & Dam No. 20

Large navigational waterway structure on the upper Mississippi River, One mi. above Canton. Has a dam 40 tainter gates and 3 roller gates. It locks 35,000,000 tons of cargo per year.

Canton, MO Recreation

Lincoln School

An old one room brick school house located in Martin Park, one of three remaining segregated schools that finally closed in the 1950s.

Canton, MO Historic Buildings

Cedar Falls School and Historic Village

Old-fashioned school still operational in historic village with general store, iron works, old post office and largest known collection of old toys.

Canton, MO Historic Schoolhouses

Lake of the Oaks

Recreational living year-round or weekend getaway. Enjoy amenities, 3/4-mi. long lake, sand beach, swimming, boating, fishing, lovely wooded area. Make the water's edge your own.

Canton, MO Recreation

Things to do Museums near Canton, MO

Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site

Museum encloses a two-room cabin in which Samuel Clemens was born in 1835. Many of his personal items and books are displayed...

Hannibal Old Jail Museum

1878 jail in use until 1977. On National Register. Restored cells, albino deer, fossil display, gift and rock shop....

Center for Living History Preservation

Step back in time and see history come alive with people actually living in a historical setting. ADA ...

Downing House & Boyer House Museums & Memphis Depot

Museum of Scotland County memorabilia and artifacts of people and places in Scotland County from 1841 to present. Ella Ewing,...

Graceland Museum & American Saddlebred Horse Museum

Antebellum mansion with period furnishings, fashions room, child's collection, and extensive equestrian memorabilia. Also on ...