Canal Navigation
Season Nears End for 2001
Season Lasts Longer
Down the Hudson
Fall cruising is to boaters what spring skiing is
to skiers, and September and October had some spectacular cruising days,
including most weekends, along the waterways of New York State.
As the canal navigation season winds down to its
close on Sunday, November 4th when the lock system ceases
operation, boaters on the Hudson are braving what eventually became a
colder fall, with many boats and docks staying in the water until much
later in the month.
This year’s boating was characterized by more good
weekends than bad, some apparent decrease in canal boat traffic, and
several well-received festivals and conferences along our waterways.
The Canal Corporation’s Cruise & Trek, the New
York State Canal Conference at Syracuse, the Waterford Tug Round Up, and
the Waterfront Rediscovery Conference in Albany highlighted an active
season for waterway enthusiasts.
A huge assortment of festivals and celebrations took
place in Seneca Falls, Phoenix, Medina, Canajoharie, Fairport, Glens
Falls, Pittsford, Watkins Glen, Whitehall, Baldwinsville, Frankfort,
Rochester, Fort Hunter, Rexford, the Tonawandas, Mohawk, Illion, Oswego,
Rome, Perinton, Spencerport, Port Byron, Little Falls, Sylvan Beach and
Middleport.
Watch this web site for information of off-season
activities and conferences, including announcements of SCOW sponsored
“mini-conferences” centering on public policy issues of concern to
all users of our state waterways.
