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Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003: 04 January 03

Sunset on the canal.

One of our favorite destinations is the Erie Canal, which originally began in downtown Buffalo, and later when the canal was widened and renamed the Erie Canal Barge Canal, the canal began, and still begins, at North Tonawanda on the Niagara River where Tonawanda Creek empties into the river. We have biked in five-mile bites from Lockport to Brockport, and we've rowed a time or two, too.

Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003 -- listed by headings with links to files
Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003 -- posted in one file

Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002 -- listed by headings with links to files
Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002 -- posted in one file

Ducks anchor empty canal in mid-winter

Two views: Ducks rule the roost at the Medina Lift Bridge on a sunless day on the Erie Canal.

04 January 03: We stopped off at the Medina Lift Bridge to take some pix on our way to Lakeside Beach State Park to do some snowshoeing. I'm determined to take a set of pix of the Erie Canal in all weathers at roughly monthly intervals.

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