Providence Metropark

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| name = Providence Metropark

| photo = File:Canal Boat ^ Mule Team - Providence Metropark, OH - panoramio.jpg

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| type = Regional park

| location = Grand Rapids, Ohio

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| created = 1930{{cite web |title=A Rich History |url=https://metroparkstoledo.com/about/a-rich-history/ |website=Metroparks Toledo |publisher=Metroparks Toledo |access-date=8 January 2022}}

| operator = Metroparks Toledo

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| open = Year-round, 7 a.m. until dark daily{{cite web |title=Rules and Regulations |url=https://metroparkstoledo.com/additional-information/rules-and-regulations/ |website=Metroparks Toledo |publisher=Metroparks Toledo |access-date=9 January 2022}}

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Providence Metropark is a regional park near Grand Rapids, Ohio, USA, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo. The park contains mule-drawn canal boat rides on the Miami and Erie Canal and features canal lock 44, the only original functioning lock in the state of Ohio.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metroparkstoledo.com/metroparks/providence/ |title=Providence Metropark & The Canal Experience|website=Metroparks Guide |publisher=Metroparks of the Toledo Area |access-date=9 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205015823/http://metroparkstoledo.com/metroparks/providence/ |archive-date=5 December 2006 |url-status=dead }}

The park also contains the Isaac Ludwig Mill which was built in 1866 over a two-year period. The mill was originally a sawmill powered by a water wheel. It was converted to a grist mill driven by water turbines in the 1880s. Today, it functions as a living museum.

The park is connected by a walking trail to Bend View Metropark and Farnsworth Metropark.

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