We departed Alexandria Bay and proceeded East to Deer Island cut and then North into the Canadian channel of the St. Lawrence . . . then West under the Canadian Thousand Island Bridge.
On the say to Gananoque we passed through the Gananoque Narrows; do not want to meet other vessels here.
The Gananoque Marina the bikes came out and we were off to town.
One of the attractions to Gananoque was the Playhouse. Over by bikes we attended a terrific performance of musical FOREVER PLAID by Stuart Ross.
From Gananoque to the Singer Castle we pass still more private residences, this one on the Canadian channel near Rockport, Canada.
Singer Castle, another 100 year old structure, this one has been maintained. Built by Frederick G. Bourne, the fourth president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. See: www.singercastle.com
Shortly after we docked two tour boats docked and all of us gathered for a tour of the castle.
While there have been no horses on the island, we walked the horse trail from the dock to the SouthWest Entrance.
The South side of the castle.
The West side with the grass tennis court and tunnel under the court for servants to move without being seen by guests.
The kitchen windows, and access to the underground tunnels. Bourne did not want the servants to be seen by guests . . . he did not want guest to know how many persons were waiting on his needs.
The Library. To the left of the fireplace is a tunnel behind the walls that was hidden by a closing book case.
The Singer, the reason, support, for the Castle.
Breakfast room with windows on three sides.
The men's cigar and game room. The outside walls had little booths where they could in groups of four play cards, board games, or talk in private.
Singer Castle as SONATA pulls away off to our next stop.
Current in this portion of the St. Lawrence runs from 3-5 knots.
With the assistance of the current in the St. Lawrence SONATA speeds along at 11.8 knots instead of its normal speed of 8.5 knots. Great "gas" (diesel) milage.
The Iroquois Lock and Dam primarily serves as a block of the river current and water level. The drop we experience here is only about eight inches . . . did not even tie up in the lock.
Following the some 45 foot drop in the Eisenhower lock we traveled a short distance to the Snell lock for another 45 foot drop.
To reach the Beauharnois Locks there were two unmanned bridges. They were highway bridges and remotely operated by persons watching (not-watching) the bridge TV cameras. Used almost every radio channel we had . . . finally the Canadian coast guard came to our assistance, and after about an hour we were able to get the bridges to open . . . and, in reality, only because a commercial vessel approached. We then went through the locks with the CANADIAN EXPRESS and cruise vessel.
A backward look as we depart the St. Lambert Lock, our last lock on this trip. We will now go West on the St. Lawrence to our marina in Montreal.
Montreal in view. Going against the current.
Pay back time, against the current SONATA's 8.5 becomes only 2.3 knots.
SONATA at the marina, this is a week day view . . . the week end will be different.
We departed Alexandria Bay and proceeded East to Deer Island cut and then North into the Canadian channel of the St. Lawrence . . . then West under the Canadian Thousand Island Bridge.
On the say to Gananoque we passed through the Gananoque Narrows; do not want to meet other vessels here.
The Gananoque Marina the bikes came out and we were off to town.
One of the attractions to Gananoque was the Playhouse. Over by bikes we attended a terrific performance of musical FOREVER PLAID by Stuart Ross. 
From Gananoque to the Singer Castle we pass still more private residences, this one on the Canadian channel near Rockport, Canada.
Singer Castle, another 100 year old structure, this one has been maintained. Built by Frederick G. Bourne, the fourth president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. See: www.singercastle.com
Shortly after we docked two tour boats docked and all of us gathered for a tour of the castle.
While there have been no horses on the island, we walked the horse trail from the dock to the SouthWest Entrance.
The South side of the castle.
The West side with the grass tennis court and tunnel under the court for servants to move without being seen by guests.
The kitchen windows, and access to the underground tunnels. Bourne did not want the servants to be seen by guests . . . he did not want guest to know how many persons were waiting on his needs.
The Library. To the left of the fireplace is a tunnel behind the walls that was hidden by a closing book case.
The Singer, the reason, support, for the Castle.
Breakfast room with windows on three sides.
The men's cigar and game room. The outside walls had little booths where they could in groups of four play cards, board games, or talk in private.
Singer Castle as SONATA pulls away off to our next stop.
Current in this portion of the St. Lawrence runs from 3-5 knots.
With the assistance of the current in the St. Lawrence SONATA speeds along at 11.8 knots instead of its normal speed of 8.5 knots. Great "gas" (diesel) milage.
The Iroquois Lock and Dam primarily serves as a block of the river current and water level. The drop we experience here is only about eight inches . . . did not even tie up in the lock.
Following the some 45 foot drop in the Eisenhower lock we traveled a short distance to the Snell lock for another 45 foot drop.
To reach the Beauharnois Locks there were two unmanned bridges. They were highway bridges and remotely operated by persons watching (not-watching) the bridge TV cameras. Used almost every radio channel we had . . . finally the Canadian coast guard came to our assistance, and after about an hour we were able to get the bridges to open . . . and, in reality, only because a commercial vessel approached. We then went through the locks with the CANADIAN EXPRESS and cruise vessel.
A backward look as we depart the St. Lambert Lock, our last lock on this trip. We will now go West on the St. Lawrence to our marina in Montreal.
Montreal in view. Going against the current.
Pay back time, against the current SONATA's 8.5 becomes only 2.3 knots.
SONATA at the marina, this is a week day view . . . the week end will be different.
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