Messing
About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:
Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002:
16 November 02 |
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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. |
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5
feet down and 11 to go
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Above:
reflections. At left:The willows are beginning
to let go of their leaves, turning the ground
to gold. The Middleport Guard Gate hasn't
moved an inch.
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16
Nov. 02: We took a chilly ride up to Middleport
to check on the level of the canal. The total drop so
far is about 5 feet, which leaves about 11 feet to go
before the canal is drained. It was spitting snow and
had been cold overnight, too. There was a pronounced
ripple to the water in the upstream direction. The reflections
of the trees in the water were different still from
any other visit we've made to this spot.
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