Publish Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Location: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 42° 52.537′ N 79° 15.446′ W
Dave’s blog gives a great overview of our Welland Canal transit (All’s Well That Ends Welland). Here are a few pictures to give you some additional perspective.
Also, we’d like to give a “cruiser shout out” to Jessica at the Canal Pub in Port Colborne. Her smile and enthusiasm are contagious. Her Dad operates the Pilot boat in Port Colborne that puts pilots on the commercial vessels for transiting the Welland Canal. Her knowledge and excitement about the waterway and the town of Port Colborne is a joy! If you’re in the area, be sure and visit the friendly people of Port Colborne, especially Jessica!
Jessica at the Canal Pub 🙂
One feels very small inside of these locks.
Water beginning to fill the lock—24 million gallons in 8 minutes. Whew!
Three@Sea entering lock.
Freighter in the lock in front of us. It was an amazing sight!
Freighter exiting the lock in front of us. Look at how close he is to lock walls.
Sharing the road in the canal. Yikes!
Thank you Mark for joining us that day to handle lines. We couldn't have done it without you.
Tools of the trade: gloves, charts, binoculars, cameras, cookies and cola! 🙂
Ayla cleaned all the fenders after our adventure was complete! They needed them - well done!