Anyone here paddled several days or more on Erie and/or Champlain Canals? I have maps and guidebooks (free but you pay shipping) and one session at Canoecopia on it. Thanks!
Yeah, I've paddled on that 11 mile canal feeder many times. The "canal master" lets water in to raise the level usually in mid-May. Before then it is too shallow. Even when it has water there are places where you have to watch for a rock or two striking your paddle, and a few discarded tires, maybe a tree branch down, There is one very low surface level bridge and a nearby log jam to bypass. Otherwise the shoreline is mostly either wooded or mixed with open farm fields. All private land though.A much shorter but more scenic canal paddle when theres enough water is the black river feeder from boonville to forestport in the adks.