Sun, Mon June 18-19 Whitehall to Westport

Sun, Mon  June 18-19  Whitehall to Westport  

After going thru the first and last lock of the day, we cruised on the canal and finally into Lake Champlain.  New York is on one side of the lake and Vermont is on the other.  There are many small fishing boats on this canal and river, so we slow down, then increase speed again as traffic dictates.  The Adirondack Mountains are beautiful and we enjoy the scenery.  We pass Fort Ticonderoga and the International Paper Co. factory.  Because of the southerly wind however, we smell the factory for many miles ahead.  As we finally arrive in the lake the southerly wind has produced a 1-2 ft wave.  The lake is large with coves and bays on both sides.  We go to Westport Marina for a few days as weather is predicted to get challenging.

The scenery as we boat up the canal. New York state to our left,
Vermont to the right

The Adirondack mountains

The rock that was cut to make the canal and as always,
the railroad tracks running along side the water way. You
wonder if the tracks are on the old mule paths that were
used to tow boats thru the canals?

Fort Ticonderoga over looking the lake

The bridge you go under as you enter the main body of Lake
Champlain. We had no problem getting under this bridge, thankfully.



Adirondack Park Monument

Our $ 1.00 T-Shirts after 11 locks. Actually we had heard how
slimy and disgusting the locks were but on the Champlain Canal
we didn't think they were any worst then the inland river system
locks. Maybe the Erie Canal is worst.