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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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