- 24.8 miles
- 4 hours 17 minutes
- 5.8 mph average speed
- 1-4 mph winds
This last 100 or so miles of the Erie Canal most closely resembles the original canal which was a ditch with towpaths on each side although the original canal was not as wide as the current canal. Boats were pulled through using ropes attached to mules and horses as the animals walked along the towpaths.
There were several lift bridges through the next several towns. The one in Fairport is in the Guiness Book of Records for several reasons. One end is higher than the other, it is built on a slant and no two angles on the entire bridge are the same.
We spotted a deer on the bank of the canal.
This section of the canal is known as the “Rock Cut”. Some of the most extensive excavation of the entire canal took place here through solid rock, long before modern machinery.
