Rusty,

We've heard that De-Water (draining ) is between November 14-19 time frame for 2018, about 10 days earlier than past years. Of course last year a few sections had a "Re-Water" event in late December to verify a repair made on the West Side.

Start here for Notices:
http://www.canals.ny.gov/wwwapps/tas/notices/index.aspx

Maybe this will help:
http://www.canals.ny.gov/wwwapps/tas/tascanals/index.aspx

We will try to get those Water Level Notices posted on the ECNA.us website if possible.

Good Luck with the Dock.

Thanks Doug, very helpful!

Hi Rusty,

Hope the Dock work is progressing as planned. I saw that same release  on the 2019 Navigation Schedule. All Boating Fees waived again this year, heard it may be through 2021. It sounds like the waiver of fees is turning into more boater traffic and overall Erie Usage.

http://www.canals.ny.gov/news/pressrel/2019/NYS_Canal_Corporation_Announces_Operating_Hours_for_2019.html

As for the Re-Watering question, we have asked the Canal Corporation and are awaiting final date confirmation. Normally this is done in the third week of April from the Western end, but our conversations with Leadership at the NYCC is saying the re-water will be "delayed" due to the ongoing EERP Restoration as well as several other major repairs that are still ongoing.



They have stated the canal will be filled will be End of April or possibly into Early May in emails, and will have a confirmed date once they get updates from all construction leaders doing off-season work.

Ther ECNA will update this posting if we hear anything else.

Thanks Doug, really appreciate it! The project is going slower than expected (as usual) but I should at least have the support posts complete by that time which is the important part. Cheers

Rusty, did you manage to get your dock install done? Water-up happened on schedule, and so far no leaks in our dam.

Share a picture of your dock if you can, looking at whether to do a floating platform type dock or fixed myself. Always looking to compare designs.

Haven't had the time to finish the dock install yet but I'm close! I will definitely share pictures when it's complete. I purchased 4' x 20' steel dock frames off Craigslist and essentially attaching them right to the permanent support posts I installed this winter. Once it's complete you're welcome to come check it out and I can share any lessons learned.

That doesn't sound like a lock opening... those are slow and usually only add about 3-4 inches of water

it does sound like run-off came in the Erie Canal from the huge rain storm that went through here.,.  I have some flood pictures i want to post of what happens living BELOW the Embankments when 2" of rain falls, there are people that say the Erie Canal has no flooding issues..

I beg to differ with that thinking and I have pictures to prove it. Maybe it's those Stop the Canal Project people, talking about the top the the trail... certainly don't think about those of us at the bottom