Messing
About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:
Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002:
20 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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Canal
level inches toward its winter position
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Gates
down on the Guard Gate near the junction of the
canal and Tonawanda Creek.
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Looking
downstream from bridge over the locks at Lockport.
The locks have been drained.
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Downstream
view of low water at the Guard Gate near Tonawanda
Creek.
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It's
a long, long, long way down: View from the bridge
over the locks at Lockport.
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Reflections
in the water at the Middleport boat launch.
The guard gate is still up.
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View
of the upper locks at Lockport, from the bridge
over the locks.
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The
water is down at Widewater in Lockport.
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20
Nov. 02:
The water level is way down at the upper end of the canal,
because the workers have lowered the guard gate upstream
from Lockport, and downstream from the locks at Lockport
the level is down 6 to 10 feet at the Middleport Guard
Gate, which is still in the up position. It was a beautiful
day, with high temps in the 50s and mostly sunny skies.
We're going to check again this weekend at Middleport,
and probably get some more of those great turnips from
the roadside stand in Ridgeway. |
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