Narrows Lock to Chaffey’s Lock – July 24

Left our wall after the crowd departed, a little rain yesterday but a good sunset.

Our fourth of fifth day without cellphone or internet access, blissfully quiet.

Our last up lock we are now at the high point of the Rideau, now all the navigation marks reverse  Green marks now are to be left to ones right (OK?)

Here’s one that some wag has helpfully augmented,  “The channel goes down there?”

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Alternating lakes and cuts, lots of Loons hereabouts, this one a “Loon with a list” busy on daily ablutions.

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Past a desirable property, a bit small, but two nice trees.

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Into Chaffey’s Lock, hidden away in a long narrow cut, a delightful spot.

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A bit busy at mid-day with people going down  and coming up

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We always seem to attract the ardent sports types, the little girl was convinced that casting and calling out “Here fishy” would work (she was catching fish too)

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Author: Low Wattage

Expat Welshman, educated (somewhat) in UK, left before it became fashionable to do so. Now a U.S. Citizen, and recent widower, playing with retirement and house remodeling, living in Delaware and rural Maryland (weekends).

6 thoughts on “Narrows Lock to Chaffey’s Lock – July 24”

  1. Only loons I knew up to now were Kings rugby supporters (or are they loonies? ;)) I know a bit more now…
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon

    I was going to ask about fish in the waters, I haven’t seen any commercial fishing boats / factories so far on our trip, perhaps the great lakes?

  2. Please explain the green marks switchover. Is that like suddenly driving on the wrong side of the road?

  3. Janus: Ah! Weel as our Scottish friends would say. The navigation marks are Red for one side and Green for the other, the buoys and signs are also different shapes which helps a bit in the early morning or late evening.

    The rule is when proceeding upriver the red marks will be on the right side of the channel (red right returning) so when proceeding downstream the red marks will be on the left of the channel.

    Now the tricky bit, if one is in a canal and locking up one is considered to be going upstream (say North) but when one starts locking down (still going North) one is considered to be going down stream so the marks change from one side to the other after the highest lock, the right hand side will be marked by a green buoy from there on down.
    If the channel splits the mid channel marker is striped red and green (go either side) and each of the new channels will be according to the convention (one may be up one may be down)

    Today we will start UP the Oswego Canal (red right returning) then we will join the Erie Canal while it is going down to Lake Onieada (green on the right) when we cross the lake and re-enter the Erie it will be going UP again (red right returning).

    Here we call it vacation.

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