We had a reservation for a week in Montreal, so we planned our longest day 55 miles and 4 St Lawrence Seaway locks, an optimistic schedule. We booked a marina after 2 locks to be safe. We followed a freighter soon after we left the marina…
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Cornwall, ON to Salaberry de Valleyfield, QC
The St Lawrence was like a lake in this portion.
The destination is Marina Valleyfield, the largest in Quebec
We had an easy day today of 35 miles and NO locks. Weather cooperated again.
We arrived and told when the reservation was booked t…
Crysler to Cornwall, ON.
We had a nice journey from Crysler to Cornwall, Ontario. 36 miles and two locks, Eisenhower and Snell about 4 miles apart with a drop of 42 feet each. There are 7 locks for us to traverse to Montreal. All operated by the St Lawrence Seaw…
Brockville to Crysler, ON
We departed at 0900 for Crysler, ON a distance of 39 miles and one lock. We have been running slow around 10 knots but our speed in increased over the ground by the current to 12. We had one lock to pass through today, Iroquois lock opera…
Gananonque to Brockville, ON.
After clearing customs in Gananoque we will stay in Canadian waters for a while. We are now headed east towards Montreal on the St Lawrence, next town Brockville, ON. Easy day, no locks, nice weather and only 32 miles. Total miles …
Alexandria Bay to Gananoque, Ontario
We departed at 10:30 for our 23 mile cruise west to Gananoque, Ontario. Nice marina and town which we are told is the gateway to the Thousand Islands in Canada. We also need to clear customs/immigration there. We arrived at noo…
Boldt Castle
Our second day in Alexandria Bay was spent at Boldt Castle. BOLDT CASTLE LINK
It was just across the river from our marina so we took a local ferry. It rained off and on all day so a good day to see the inside of the C…
Clayton to Alexandria Bay, NY
We left Clayton bound for Alexandria Bay, NY just 12 miles downstream. We cruised among the Thousand Islands with great natural beauty. Many of the islands are privately owned complete with very nice homes, boat houses, etc.
Alexandria …
Clayton, NY Antique Boat Museum
We elected to stay a second night in Clayton so we could spend an extra day touring Clayton, especially the Antique Boat Museum. Link to ABM. It was a fantastic display, both in water and out of water of antique power boats.
The Antique…
Brewerton to Clayton, NY
We left Oswego which is on Lake Ontario at 8:00AM for Clayton, NY about 64 miles. We traveled across the end of Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence River which was 32 miles. The weather forecast was for 10-20 knots from the south with …
