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Montreal Cruising Question
If you are taking a sailboat up the St Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to
the Atlantic .. I have been to Montreal many times. The St Lawrence River is very fast, with a strong current when standing along the edge in the old port area of Montreal. How do cruising boat get past Montreal? I'm sure there are canals, but if you have done this could you tell me. Thanks,, Thomas |
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Montreal Cruising Question
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:59:14 GMT, "Thomas Wentworth"
wrote: If you are taking a sailboat up the St Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic .. I have been to Montreal many times. The St Lawrence River is very fast, with a strong current when standing along the edge in the old port area of Montreal. How do cruising boat get past Montreal? I'm sure there are canals, but if you have done this could you tell me. Going north east on the St Lawrence River/Seaway, you end up at the south west end of Lake St Louis. The Seaway locks take you well south of the city and skirt the southern edge of Lake St Louis until you rejoin the main flow of the river somewhere near the old worlds fair site if my memory is correct. By all means get all of the charts in advance and study them carefully. Depths are given in meters which can be disconcerting if you are not used to it. The navigation marks for the Seaway channels are huge and also take some getting used to. They are designed more for the 740 ft freighters that you will be sharing the water with. Do not under any circumstances enter a lock without explicit permission from the lockmaster. The ships have priority and are built exactly to the size of the locks. If you get in their way it will be an *unfortunate* situation for all concerned. More info he http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/aboutus/lcc.html |
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