Monday, June 16, 2014

Day 326 June 14 33 mi Oswego Marina Oswego NY

Departure Day for the Nanseann......wind blowing @ 10-14 knots.....sweatshirt weather in the 50s.....but this is summer in upper New York...
 
 
Backing out of Winter Harbor Marina
 
 
Traveling with Anne Harper
 
 
Space for another boat coming out of storage
 
 
Captain in charge
 
 
Saddi is ready
 
 
Headed for Lock 23 on the Erie Canal
 
The Erie Canal has been used since the end of the 1700s for transportation and was completed in 1825.  Last summer we traveled the Eastern Erie Canal from Troy NY on the Hudson River to Brewerton NY on the Oneida River.
 
We decided not to travel the Western Erie Canal to Buffalo due to a 15'5" bridge which we can not get under without taking the bridge down.  Don't thing that will happen!!!!
 
  
Coming into Lock 23
 
 
Last Dance
 
 
Last lock for us on the Erie Canal
 
 
Do you think they sit in the pink chairs and look at the 3 pink pots
 
 
We are headed for the Oswego Canal which started construction in 1826 from Syracuse NY on the Erie Canal to Oswego on Lake Ontario.  They opened for traffic in 1828.  Today the canal has a controlled depth of 6 feet and a controlled height of 22 feet.  It is 24 miles long and has 7 locks.
From the Three Rivers Point (mile 160 on the Erie Canal) the Oswego Canal drops from 363 feet above sea level to 245 feet above sea level at Lake Ontario in 7 steps.
 
 
Lock 1 with a 10 foot drop
 
 
 
Waiting for a upriver boat to come thru
 
 
 
Phoenix Lift bridge...12 foot high
 
 
 
Lock 2....18 foot drop
 
 
Fulton has 2 locks
 
 
Lock 3 which is a 27 foot drop
 
 
Lots of current at Lock 5....Be Alert!
 
 
3 locks coming into Oswego
 
 
Last lock.....there is Lake Ontario
 
 
Free wall w/o power and water
 
 
Oswego Marina for tonight
 
 
I can finally get some sleep
 
Oswego is the Gateway to Lake Ontario and is renowned for its lake trout and salmon.  We are on the long wall while the other two boats are in slips.....wind has calmed down and we understand tomorrow will be a good day on Lake Ontario
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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