Erie Canal closes out 202nd season for boaters
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – A boater enjoys the view on top of a boat on Sept. 28 in Albion near the guard gate just east of the Gaines Basin Road canal bridge.
The boating season came to an end on Wednesday on the 201st anniversary on the canal’s opening in 1825. This was the 202nd season the canal was open to boaters. The Canal Corp. anticipates the 203rd season will open in May.
Albion physical education teacher Bridgette Varin led a group of students in using kayaks on the canal on Sept. 28. The students also took the kayaks to Lake Alice.
These Albion students go kayaking in the canal in Albion on Sept. 28. About a dozen students were able to go kayaking that day.
