GL: Ideas for cruising the NE inland US and Canada

[Bob McLeran]

Over the next couple of summers, Judy and I anticipate heading north 
again and spending one summer in Canadian waters. We'll approach via the 
Hudson River, but from there we're trying to figure out how to cruise 
all of the waterways, and end up back in the US for the winter and 
heading west for the next summer on the Great Lakes (including Superior).

The question is, what is the best route to avoid duplication whenever 
possible and still see:

Lake Champlain, Montreal, Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, the Trent-Severn, 
Georgian Bay, the North Channel, and the Erie Canal west of the Oswego 
Canal (we've already done the eastern portion from Waterford to Seneca 
Falls, but wouldn't mind doing any part of that portion again)? We also 
would like to cruise Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and then on around the 
other Great Lakes either as part of the Canadian cruise or the following 
summer.

Once we've cruised the northern waterways, we want to leave the boat for 
the winter months (October through late April?) on the hard, ready to 
continue westward.

Any suggestions about how to manage this?

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