Tugboat Update
The new key is getting machined! Stay tuned for more updates!
Museum
News Flash!
I write as the last light of day is fading to the west and we are temporarily forced to stop in Lock E10 on the Erie Canal. Today has seemed
Rigging Day
by Barbara Bartley Thursday, September 16 We are docked along the wall on the waterfront of Rochester’s Historic District at Corn Hill Landing. This morning at 6 am, a crane
Notes from the Captain’s Log: Part 3
Well, we did get to go sailing on Seneca Lake on August 19th. When the tug C. L. Churchill pulled the schooner off the dock in Geneva at 9:15 in
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Lockport
by Art Cohn Lockport, “one of the creations of the Erie Canal” [from H.G. Spafford, A Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1824], is dominated in its history and
Van transfer day
This year’s voyage has been divided into ten parts. Volunteers have requested/been granted a specific slot on the voyage. It’s my job to make sure they know when to be
The start of school
We are firmly situated at Middleport on the western section of the Erie Canal. We had 240 school children aboard yesterday and it was a particularly gratifying experience. It was
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Fairport and Spencerport
by Art Cohn Fairport was a wonderful stop on many levels; we had a great outpouring of folks visiting the boat, two ice cream shops in close proximity, and it
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Potluck in Palmyra
by Kathleen Carney When a community is so kind as to provide a meal for the crew of the Lois McClure, no one is happier than I, the “Commissary Officer.”
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Printing in Palmyra
by Sally Larsen The trip from Newark to Palmyra was serene. We left the dock shortly after 9:30, and the day was already shaping up to be a real scorcher.
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