This summer's Lois McClure Legacy Tour marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a celebration of waterways and trees. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's canal sailing boat will visit ports along the Erie Canal, where you can board the boat and discover how the "boatwood" trees have been essential for centuries in boat-building.
The boat will be in the Rochester area on the following days:
- July 26, 3pm-6pm. Devaney's Riverside Grill, Weedsport, NY
- July 29 10am-5pm Lyons, NY
- July 31, 1pm-7pm, Fairport, NY
- August 4-5, TBD, Cornhill Landing, Rochester, NY
- August 7, 11 am-6pm, Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum, Spencerport, NY
- August 8, 3:30pm-7:30pm, Canal Park, Holley, NY
- August 10, 11am-5pm, Medina, NY
- August 12-13, 10am-5pm, Upson Park, Lockport, NY
- August 15 North Tonawanda, NY
- August 18-20 Canalside, Buffalo, NY
- August 23, 3pm-7pm, Middleport, NY
- August 26-27, 10am-5pm, Brockport, NY
- August 29 Pittsford, NY
- August 31, 11am-6pm, Palmyra, NY
- September 2-3, 11am-6pm, T. Spencer Knight Canal Port, Newark, NY
- September 7 Clyde, NY
- September 9-10 Seneca Falls, NY