Erie Canal has been refilled for upcoming navigational season

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 6 May 2019 at 1:44 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Main Street lift bridge is pictured with a full Erie Canal on Friday. The canal was filled with water last week.

The canal will open for its navigational season on May 17. The tolls for recreational vessels have once again been waived this year.

This year the boating season on the canal will run from May 17 to Oct. 16.

One of the tenders, a small tugboat, is pictured at the canal in Albion on Friday.

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