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Under Inspections: Erie and Cayuga-Seneca Canals and Cayuga Lake

07/15/2022 07:48 AM

Notice to Mariners

Erie and Cayuga-Seneca Canals and Cayuga Lake

July 15, 2022

Mariners are advised of underwater inspections occurring on the Cayuga-Seneca, Erie Canals, and  Cayuga Lake, on the following schedule:

  • Monday, July 18 – Frenchman Island Dock (Oneida Lake) – Dock
  • Monday, July 18 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-1 (Cayuga) – Lock and Gate Areas
  • Tuesday, July 19 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-2 – (Seneca Falls) Lock and Gate Areas
  • Tuesday, July 19 – Erie Canal Lock E-25 – (Mays Point) Moveable Dam
  • Wednesday, July 20 – Erie Canal Lock E-28B (Newark) Lock and Gate Areas
  • Wednesday, July 20 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-4 (Waterloo) – Guard Gate
  • Wednesday, July 20 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-4 (Waterloo) – Retention Dam
  • Wednesday, July 20 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-4 (Waterloo) – Taintor Gate
  • Thursday, July 21 – Erie Canal Lock E-28A (Lyons) Lock and Gate Areas
  • Thursday, July 21 – Cayuga-Seneca Lock CS-1 (Cayuga) – Taintor Gate
  • Thursday, July 21 – Ithaca (Cayuga Lake) – East Dock Wall
  • Friday, July 22 – Erie Canal Lock E-29 (Palmyra) Lock and Gate Areas
  • Friday, July 22 – Ithaca (Cayuga Lake) – West Terminal

  

The inspection areas will be marked by commercial diver’s flags while divers are in the water. Boaters should reduce speed and proceed at a "No Wake" speed when transiting these areas.                                 

Charts showing the affected areas can be found at

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https://www.canals.ny.gov/navinfo/charts/14791i.webp

Features along the Cayuga-Seneca and Erie Canals are listed by mileage at /Navigation-Information  and

/Navigation-Information

In case of emergencies, please call the Canal Corporation Emergency Call Center at: (833) 538-1042.

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