Approaching Lock E-14 from the Low Side. When westbound, you are raised up on each lock from E-2 to E-20. The pool (stretch of water between locks) between Lock E-20 and Lock E-21 is the top pool. From Lock E-21 you are dropped down to Oneida Lake and then northward on the Oswego to Lake Ontario

Inside Lock E-14

Bridge E-27

Entering Lock E-17

Lock E-17 has a guillptine gate on the east side to contain the huge volume of water inside the chamber. It is the largest single lift in the NYS canal System at around 44 ft.

The gate has been lowered behind us and the chamber isnow being filled

Up on E-17

Rocks on the high side of Lock E-17. These rocks are a favorite of rock climbers and are also some of the oldest rocks dated in North America.

Bridge E-46

West of Lock E-20

The high side of Lock E-21. Now we begin to drop down.

We are 420 ft above sea level on the high side of E-21

Coming out of Lock E-21

Heading for Lock E-22 - 1 mile west

Lock E-22. The next westbound lock is on the other side of Oneida Lake

Windmills on a ridge south of Oneida Lake. We are just entering the lake at it's eastern shore town of Sylvan Beach.

Some of the buoys sit on concrete bases so give them room as you pass.

Frenchman Island

Looking back on the islands as we head in to Brewerton, NY, the lake's western canal town.

Lock E-23. the drop is small but this lock helps maintain water levels on Oneida Lake as well as on the Oneida, Oswego and part of the Seneca Rivers. We are now on the Oneida river.