Canal Banks 4

Some areas along the NYS Canals evoke tropical forests . . .

Some bridges are so low even today that we approach dead slow, jackstaff–our measure of minimum clearance–ready to signal full astern.

Many places along the canal offer a parallel path for the railroad like

this automobile train pulled by Union Pacific locomotives.

If it seems I have paid more attention to these canal banks than others, it’s true, because these are in the county where I grew up and first caught a fish.  Click here for close-ups of this former Agway and beet refining complex.

These abandoned scows lie within 250 feet of Rte. 31, but I’d never seen them until I took the canal.

Click here to see the large number of posts I’ve done on this 1912 tug I call Grouper.

When this creature stands at the end of a dock like this, I’m happy to comply.

So far, west of Palmyra, I’ve seen the most fabulous bike trails.

More trains and

And finally, just east of Fairport, I love this garden with repurposed metal “sculpture” that includes two harps.

All photos taken by Will Van Dorp.