CODA : Waiting for water on the canal portion of the Champlain Canal.
26 May 2025
Fort Edward free docks, Fort Edward, Hudson River, New York
The canal portion of the Champlain Canal above Lock 7 is really low.
There are 15 boats tied up at the Fort Edward free docks.
Marc- It is a waiting game here in Fort Edward. Everyone is trying to guess just when the next 10 miles of the canal will open up (this section is at the highest elevation and its water comes from the Glens Falls Feeder Canal nearby). The town is a good place to stop with a train station, supermarket, a variety of restaurants and even a brewery. The sun is in the forecast.
Elevation Chart of the Champlain Canal. The Canal is mostly in the modified Hudson River until Fort Edward.
Canal above Lock 7 still needs 3 feet of water at 14:00.
Fort Edward Amtrak Station from much earlier this year.
All sorts of Canadians in town.
We caught the small Memorial Day parade.
We kept watching the parade while eating ice cream in the shade.
One of our boater friends lost his cellphone overboard. Other friends helped with scuba gear. Unfortunately the phone was not found.
Will and I went on a 16 mile bike ride on the Champlain bike paths. We went from Ft. Edward to Glenn's Falls and back. It was mostly uphill along a feeder canal for 12 miles to the falls and really easy to glide back. The feeder canal was also a small navigation canal at first. Unfortunately the Champlain canal had to be stopped when the feeder canal was in use.
BREAKING NEWS: The canal above Lock 7 has enough water to open tomorrow morning. We will move onward to Lake Champlain.
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Your picture of the Amtrack station looks like a post card.
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