GL: [AGLCA-2007:2575] Re: Bridge Clearance Height

[John & Judy Gill]

The Western end of the Erie Canal is definitely one of the AGLCA  
recognized Great Loop routes.  There are two reasons most boaters  
don't go the Erie Canal from the Hudson River to Lake Erie -- (1)  
Because of the lower height limitation of only 15.5 feet and (2) To  
do so would mean not doing the 1000 Islands and the Trent-Severn  
Waterway (one can still do the Georgian Bay and North Channel by  
going up Lake Huron and into the Bay and North Channel that way.

If possible, one should not miss doing the Rideau Waterway, even if  
they must go from Lake Ontario up the St. Lawrence and then back down  
the Rideau versus going the Champlain route!

John and Judy Gill
Two J's V
AGLCA Loopers
Email: <twojscom@quadnet.net>

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(SNIP)  On Feb 8, 2007, at 2:41 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

> Some would dispute your assertion that the western
> Erie Canal is not part of a Great Loop route!