Sat, June 17 Fort Edwards to Whitehall

Sat, June 17  Fort Edwards to Whitehall  Tom grabbed a quick, cheap breakfast at the local diner in town, then we left the free wall and headed right into Lock 7.  The ride on the Champlain Canal was very similar to that of the Dismal Swamp in North Carolina with the exception of its width.  The canal has trees and shrubs on both sides, with rolling mountains ahead which all reflect back onto the waterway.  Today the sky is blue with whispy clouds, so it is a very pleasant, dry day to run. After 4 more locks and several very low bridges, which we made it under with 12 " to spare even with the radar arch laid down, we arrive at Whitehall.  Whitehall is the midpoint between New York City and Montreal.  Once again there is a free dock available with power and bathrooms.  There are also 2 other boats that join us for the evening.  The town of Whitehall has fallen on hard times, with many store fronts closed and many businesses are gone.  After walking around, however, we did find the local pizza place - Joe's -and ate NY style pizza (thin crust) on a picnic table in front of the business.  The calm evening was spent reading and working on the blog.

Skene Manor over looking the town of Whitehall. It was built by
a past Supreme Court judge. The most impressive building in
the whole town

Navigating thru the canal. Very much like the Dismal Swamp
but wider and deeper

More of the canal

Lots of bridges, low bridges

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Entgering Lock 12 on the Champlain Canal.

The last lock. There are actually only 11 locks

as they never but Lock 10 in but didn't bother to renumber

the Locks. Go figure,

 

Exiting the last lock and good bye, Whitehall. A sad tale of a
community but one of many along the canal route as industry
has left the area leaving vacant store fronts and loss of jobs.