Western Erie Cruise Photo Album


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Locking through on the Oswego canal.

Evening at the Phoenix, NY town dock.

We visit Seneca Falls, NY.

The Clyde town dock is small and located a long way out of town.

The hardware store in downtown Lyons has a superb metal ceiling ...

… as does the Dobbins Drug Store across the street.

We love these old stores and hope that they can survive.

Lyons has several murals like this one.

As we approach Newark from the east, we are surprised and delighted ...

… by the murals on the bridge. More on these later.

We saw quite a few of these rental canal boats on the Erie.

Palmyra offers a beautiful small free marina just off the main canal ...

… and a lovely Main Street typical of many of the old western NY towns.

Almost a suburb of Rochester, Pittsford is an upscale canal town ...

… that has a Birkenstock store and several nice restaurants.

Approaching the Gennesee River.

The debris laden Gennesee River in Rochester.

The Spencerport Lift Bridge, one of fifteen on the western Erie Canal.

The canal maintenance vessels are themselves well maintained.

Deep In the lower of the two Lockport locks.

The "new" locks at Lockport, NY ...

… and the remains of the old locks beside them.

The Lockport town dock is pretty small.

Near the end of the canal at Tonawanda.

The interior of the Buffalo Savings Bank is quite spectacular!

Quite a place in which to do one's banking!

The Buffalo City Hall has its share of art deco decoration.

The Buffalo Yacht Club student sailing team practiced and flipped.

"Graphiti" along the Black Rock canal in Buffalo ...

… records the winning exploits of the local rowing club.

A stop for lunch at Medina.

Murals in Medina.

Moored at the Brockport town dock.

A stop for lunch and a walk in Fairport.

Back in Newark we stopped to more closely examine the murals.

The Newark murals depict ...

… some of the history of the Erie Canal.

Another detail from the large mural under the bridge.

Be careful not to walk straight ahead!

We meet our friends Larry and Jean Fuller for dinner in Baldwinsville.

Holed up in Oswego waiting for Lake Ontario to calm down a bit.

We take the opportunity to visit Fort Ontario.

2 to 4 ft following seas on Lake Ontario.


Mar 4, 2013
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