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Lock, Lift Bridge & Guard Gates

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Lift Bridge Information

Guard Gates Information

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Boat Ramp & Kayak Launches

Boat Ramp / Kayak Launches

Boat Rentals and Cruises

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Marinas and Public Docks

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Canal Speed Limits

Speed Limits

Speed limits, on Canal Map, are for the safety and enjoyment by all waterway users including but not limited to any motorized and nonmotorized watercraft

Weather, traffic, water levels, posted signs and no wake zones require users to reduce speeds for safety.

Champlain Canal

Intersection of Hudson & Mohawk rivers to C-1: up to 30 MPH
C-1 to C-4: up to 30 MPH
C-4 to under Stillwater Bridge Road: 10 MPH
Under Stillwater Bridge Road to C-5: up to 45 MPH
C-5 through westside split of Hudson River: 10 MPH
Westside split of Hudson River to C-6: up to 45 MPH
C-6 to north of Guard Gate Crocker's Reef at Hudson River: 10 MPH
Hudson River to C-7: up to 45 MPH
C-7 to C-8: 5 MPH
C-8 to C-12: 10 MPH
There is no C-10

Erie Canal

Enter Mohawk River at intersection of Hudson & Mohawk rivers to E-2: 5 MPH
- There is no E-1

E-2 to E-6: 5 MPH
E-6 to E-12: up to 45 MPH
E-12 to E-16: up to 30 MPH
E-16 to E-17: 10 MPH
E-17 to Guard Gate #4: 5 MPH
Guard Gate #4 to E-21: 10 MPH
E-21 to Oneida Lake entrance at Sylvan Beach: 5 MPH
Oneida Lake: up to No Speed Limit
Exit Oneida Lake under I-81 Bridge to just before Cross Lake entrance: 10 MPH
Just before Cross Lake Entrance to E-26: up to 30 MPH
E-26 to E-32: 10 MPH
E-32 to E-33: 5 MPH
E-33 to E-34/35 (double lock): 10 MPH
E-34/35 to north side of Ellicott Island Park: 10 MPH
North side of Ellicott Island Park to Main/Webster Street bridge: 5 MPH

Oswego Canal

Three Rivers Point to Oswego River to O-1: 10 MPH
O-1 to O-2: 10 MPH
O-2 to O-3: 5 MPH
O-3 to O-6: 10 MPH
O-6 to O-8: 5 MPH

Cayuga-Seneca Canal

To Seneca Lake
- Cayuga-Seneca & Erie canals junction at Clyde River to CS-1: up to 30 MPH
- CS-1 to Seneca Lake: 10 MPH
- Seneca Lake: up to No Speed Limit
- Southern Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen to Montour Falls Navigation Channel: 5 MPH

To Cayuga Lake
- Cayuga-Seneca & Erie canals junction at Clyde River to CS-1: up to 30 MPH
- Just south of CS-1 to Cayuga Lake: up to No Speed Limit
- Cayuga Lake at Cayuga Inlet to W Buffalo St bridge: 5 MPH

Onondaga Lake Cut

Southern split of Seneca River to Onondaga Lake entrance: 5 MPH
Onondaga Lake: up to No Speed Limit
Onondaga Lake at Onondaga Crk Inner Harbor: 5 MPH

Genesee River

Genesse River & Erie Canal junction (west of E-33 between West Guard Lock & East Guard Lock guard gates) north to Frederick Douglass Susan B. Anthony Bridge: 10 MPH

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