It is amazing what I find when I walk around. You can cross the Charles River strolling on walkways atop a set of three locks on the Charles River Dam. This was taken at sunrise on Sunday morning. The dam separates the freshwater Charles River from the sea.
In the early part of the 20th century, technological improvements allowed the Erie Canal to be rerouted through rivers as it traversed from Lake Erie at Buffalo to the Hudson River to the east. That canal exists today as part of the New York State Canal System. It is a much larger canal than the old Erie Canal and serves mostly recreational boaters and tour boats, though some cargo still flows along the canal. At times, our cycling path met up with the modern canal. Here are a few photos.
