Buffalonya PhotoBlog

Medina Guard Gate, Erie Canal, from Bates Road bridge, 19April09. Black-and-white version.

Culvert Road, between Medina and Albion, New York, has been the only under-the-Erie-Canal, crossing, since 1823, 09February09. Black-and-white version.

Rippling reflection, Middleport Guard Gate, Erie Canal, New York, 23July05. Black-and-white version.

Friend Mike takes the helm, our wives in tow, while I take this pic of our mini canalboat, the 13-foot-long Harmonica, on the Erie Canal at Medina, New York.

Riches drape the sky at dusk, Erie Canal near Presbyterian Pond, near Eagle Harbor, New York, taken from our canalboat, ((the Harmonica)), 21September04.

Boaters in big rental canalboat pass under liftbridge at Eagle Harbor, just upstream from Albion, New York, on the Erie Canal, 07October08.

Gold banks of the Erie Canal near Middleport launch ramp, 21September08.

Erie Canal western terminus — newly uncovered Commercial Slip — under the Skyway in downtown Buffalo, in morning light, 05August08.

Heron on bank of Erie Canal near Middleport, 19July06.

Navigation lights on our canalboat Harmonica after dark, Erie Canal, 07Aug06.