GL: Can one avoid Canada?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

To the best of my knowledge, the only reason
you would need to enter Canada would be if
you cut your Erie Canal trip in half and go to
Lake Ontario.  The Erie Canal western terminus
is on the US side of the Niagaa River near
Tonawanda.  You just have to be lower than
15 1/2 feet in air draft.

*  D C "Mac" Macdonald  *
* m/v Another Adventure *
*  '95 Carver 355 ACMY  *
* Grand Lake - Oklahoma *
*  AGLCA (#217) & USPS  *



----Original Message Follows----
From: Jeg607 at aol.com
To: Skipper at bestrevenge.us, great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:05:29 EDT

Do you mean actually completing the Loop, and not just enjoying the upper
parts of the Loop as a stand alone cruise?

If you are completing the Loop, and want to exit the Erie at Buffalo and
then travel through Lakes Erie, St. Clair and Huron to enter Lake Michigan, 
you
will have to transit the Welland Canal, which is entirely inside Canada's
borders. You will have to clear in and out of Canadian waters for that 
portion
of the trip. All Canadian regs will apply.

John


In a message dated 8/22/2007 10:51:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Skipper at bestrevenge.us writes:

Hi All,

In doing the northern tier of the Loop, can one avoid  entering Canada?

Best,
Rob & Robin Dorsey
Carver 3607 "Best  Revenge"
Aurora, Indiana
http://bestrevenge.us