Many thanks to Josh Watts for sending along these photos taken in western Monroe County, at Adams Basin. You may recall that Adams Basin has appeared here before in the westbound end of the virtual Erie Canal tour. Sure enough there was an Adams involved . . . way back at the time the first canal iteration was dug.
Joncaire?
Messieurs les Joncaires established themselves in what is now Buffalo, back before the Revolution.
Canal tug Joncaire appeared here once before a little over a year ago, along with DonJon tug Rebecca Ann; in that photo, Joncaire is half blue and half red. The Adams Basin lift bridge is one of 16 in the NYS Canals systems.
Joncaire used to be all red, as in this photo below from about four years ago, when it was on the Buffalo River and still painted in NYPA red.
In close proximity to Joncaire was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the new 25′ tugs that have been coming into the NYS Canals system since 2018.
Gradall #4 was tied up there also, with
an unnamed (not yet named) small tug alongside.
Here’s the first new one I saw back in August 2018; I believe this one has since been named Port Jackson.
Many thanks to Josh for sending along these photo; Future Port Jackson and the red Joncaire are mine.
The first installment of this title can be seen here.
tugster: a waterblog 
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August 28, 2020 at 10:53 am
George Schneider
Now you’ve gone and got me interested in the Erie Canal boats. I was so happy until now just enjoying the Left Coast and ignoring everything East of Nevada.
Fascinating to see the JONCAIRE in her new persona. She’s a documented vessel, officially named DANIEL JONCAIRE. She shows a former name of HULL NO. 216, so must have been built on spec or abandoned by her original owner before delivery.
August 28, 2020 at 12:22 pm
tugster
“she was built on spec or abandoned” Now you’ve piqued my interest. I first knew her to be working for the New York Power Authority on the Niagara River. I’ll have to inquire.