Day's 37-38 Gasport NY - Tonawanda NY Start 6:35 am End 10:30am Underway 3:19 Hours Locks - 2 Lift Bridges 1 Distance 21 miles Av Speed 6.2 knots Tonawanda NY is one of the largest ports on the Erie Canal. It is where the Erie Canal meets the Niagara River. Both sides of the canal have several hundred feet of canal wall to dock on. Dockage is only $35 per night with electric. The interesting thing is the two sides are in different towns and counties....

Day's 37 Fairport NY - Gasport NY Start 7:10 am End 4:40 pm Underway 8:30 Hours Locks - 2 Lift Bridges 16 Distance 58 miles Av Speed 6.8 knots We are both ready to be out of the Erie Canal. After today we have one day left on the canal. While most of the towns we have stopped in are very nice they are starting to look the same. As you can tell by the only having two locks in 58 miles, this end of the Erie Canal is very flat. It is also m...

Day's 36 Newark NY - Fairport NY Start 7:40 am End 11:50 am Underway 2:50 Hours Locks - 2 Distance 17 miles Av Speed 5.9 knots WOW what a day. We only traveled 17 miles, but it was a rough 17 miles. To start we had to go through Lock 29 to Lock 30. About 5 weeks ago there was a leak in the canal wall letting most of the water out of that section of the canal. Normally the canal maintains a depth of 10 to 12 feet of water. Now between Locks ...

Day's 34 -35 Baldwinsville NY (Lock 24) - Newark NY Start 7:40 am End 3:40 pm Underway 6:30 Hours Locks - 6 Distance 46 miles Av Speed 7 knots We left Baldwinsville to go to Newark NY. Newark NY is MUCH nicer than Newark NJ, We had a couple of low bridges to go under (16 ½') and our boat needs 15' 3". The whisker pole that Tom help me install, definitely took some of the stress out of going under those bridges. The western half of the canal has m...

Day's 32 -33 Cape Vincent NY - Baldwinsville NY (Lock 24) Start 8:00 am End 6:00 pm Underway 7:50 Hours Locks -8 Distance 72 miles Av Speed 9.2 knots Back to the Erie Canal. Leaving Cape Vincent we planned to get to the Oswego Canal. With the conflicting reports that we heard, we were not sure if we would be able to make it. The plan was to head out, and see what the lake looked like. If we needed to instead of going directly across the lak...