Matt Harrison Winter is in the air in Vermont and New York and the 2017 Lois McClure Legacy tour has come to a successful conclusion! The canal boat made 36 stops in …
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Erick Tichonuk, Tonawanda & Buffalo With the Niagara Escarpment and Lockport in the rearview mirror (just a figure of speech, we don’t have a rear view mirror on the canal boat), …
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Art Cohn, Lockport, NY As the name implies, Lockport is all about the locks on the canal. One of the great engineering challenges facing the canal builders was to figure …
Art Cohn, Medina, NY The original attraction of the location of the Village of Medina was the water-power of Oak Orchard Creek, which flowed with great potential for water-powered industries …
Art Cohn, Holley-on-the Erie Canal, NY In a beautiful gentle curve where the Erie Canal crosses high above Sandy Creek, is the Village of Holley. At the border to Orleans …
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Rochester & Spencerport, NY After a great stop in Fairport the Lois McClure crew made the short trip to Rochester. We went under the first of many lift bridges leaving Fairport. …
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Erick Tichonuk, Fairport, NY Fairport has an active canal waterfront. Every time we visit they have to reserve us space because of the popularity with boaters. This is the result …
Erick Tichonuk, Lyons, NY If you ever wonder whether one person can really make a difference you should crew aboard the Lois McClure. Nowhere is it more evident than when …
Drew Stierhoff After a long day of interpreting in Rome, the crew woke up bright and early for a long transit day. With weather forecasts looking grim for the next …
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Drew Stierhoff There was a lot of excitement among the crew leading up to our stop in Rome, where we would be joining in the festivities of the Erie Canal …
