Hi,
We just got back from the Seneca / Cayuga canal recon trip about four hours north from our suburban Philadelphia home. We checked on Toyman’s truck which has been sitting at the Seneca Lake State park for three weeks, all tires, wheels and trailer accounted for it looked untouched. Toyman was out some where on the Mohawk river section of the Erie Canal. Nice launching and safe parking facilities at The Seneca Lake State Park and you are right there at the northern tip of Lake Seneca and the start of the Seneca Cayuga canal which takes you up to the Erie canal. The Seneca Lake State park is about a mile east of Geneva on routes 5 and 20. Heading out the canal towards Seneca Falls you go thru your first lock #4 and you are on to Seneca Falls. Seneca Falls has many places to dock and restaurants etc. The local bars can be noisy at night. But there are many options. The shore power outlets have been greatly reduced. I counted about ten shore power hook ups. There are some canal rental boats tied up there. Heading towards Cayuga Lake you will go thru a double lock #3 and 2. You go from one lock chamber right into the next lock chamber. It takes about 25 minutes total. I have pictures of a boat locking thru and this is a 49 foot lift or drop depending on which way you are headed. Seneca Lake is 445 feet above sea level and Cayuga Lake is only 381.5 above sea level. I picked up some local info and if anyone wants to see pictures of a boat locking thru the double lock, pm me your email address and I will be glad to email them to you. The conundrum with the boat name has held up my wife and me from requesting our photo album on the C-Brat site. The people up in this area are nice as can be. We also checked out Ithaca which is at the southern end of Cayuga lake which is about 37 miles long. The Western side of the lake on the way south has the most wineries which seem to favor Rieslings and Chardonnay’s. Ithaca itself is home to Cornell University and seems like old hippies abound. Nice people and if you are in the area on a Saturday don’t miss the farmers market. Locally made bread, bakery goods and fresh veggies abound. Interesting people everywhere. There is actually a boat dock right at the farmers market on the canal.. The canal which leads into the marina area off of the southern tip of Lake Cayuga. If you want a great restaurant try Maxie’s Supper Club on West State street in Ithaca. I picked up a book from our local library titled New York Waterways cruising guide and Lake Champlain by Chris W. Brown III. It features many tips and covers about anything you need to know about any of New York’s Waterways. It’s over 400 pages long and it offers many more details for people who are looking to cruise this wonderful area.
D.D.
We just got back from the Seneca / Cayuga canal recon trip about four hours north from our suburban Philadelphia home. We checked on Toyman’s truck which has been sitting at the Seneca Lake State park for three weeks, all tires, wheels and trailer accounted for it looked untouched. Toyman was out some where on the Mohawk river section of the Erie Canal. Nice launching and safe parking facilities at The Seneca Lake State Park and you are right there at the northern tip of Lake Seneca and the start of the Seneca Cayuga canal which takes you up to the Erie canal. The Seneca Lake State park is about a mile east of Geneva on routes 5 and 20. Heading out the canal towards Seneca Falls you go thru your first lock #4 and you are on to Seneca Falls. Seneca Falls has many places to dock and restaurants etc. The local bars can be noisy at night. But there are many options. The shore power outlets have been greatly reduced. I counted about ten shore power hook ups. There are some canal rental boats tied up there. Heading towards Cayuga Lake you will go thru a double lock #3 and 2. You go from one lock chamber right into the next lock chamber. It takes about 25 minutes total. I have pictures of a boat locking thru and this is a 49 foot lift or drop depending on which way you are headed. Seneca Lake is 445 feet above sea level and Cayuga Lake is only 381.5 above sea level. I picked up some local info and if anyone wants to see pictures of a boat locking thru the double lock, pm me your email address and I will be glad to email them to you. The conundrum with the boat name has held up my wife and me from requesting our photo album on the C-Brat site. The people up in this area are nice as can be. We also checked out Ithaca which is at the southern end of Cayuga lake which is about 37 miles long. The Western side of the lake on the way south has the most wineries which seem to favor Rieslings and Chardonnay’s. Ithaca itself is home to Cornell University and seems like old hippies abound. Nice people and if you are in the area on a Saturday don’t miss the farmers market. Locally made bread, bakery goods and fresh veggies abound. Interesting people everywhere. There is actually a boat dock right at the farmers market on the canal.. The canal which leads into the marina area off of the southern tip of Lake Cayuga. If you want a great restaurant try Maxie’s Supper Club on West State street in Ithaca. I picked up a book from our local library titled New York Waterways cruising guide and Lake Champlain by Chris W. Brown III. It features many tips and covers about anything you need to know about any of New York’s Waterways. It’s over 400 pages long and it offers many more details for people who are looking to cruise this wonderful area.
D.D.