{"id":802,"date":"2022-08-22T03:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T03:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=802"},"modified":"2022-08-22T03:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T03:15:44","slug":"north-tonawanda-ny-to-erie-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatiprime11.com\/?p=802","title":{"rendered":"North Tonawanda, NY to Erie, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today’s journey is approximately 95 miles. We will finish the Erie Canal, enter the Niagara River and head into Lake Erie.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We leave around 9 AM. Thank you Silver Linings for the photo shoot!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We follow the signs and head to the Niagara River.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to take the left at the Niagara River and head towards Buffalo and Erie. A wrong turn and 5 miles later you will be making a large splash over Niagara Falls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Niagara River is 36 miles long. It flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, then to the St. Lawrence Seaway, and finally to the Atlantic Ocean. The change in elevation from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is 325 feet, with Niagara Falls accounting for a 175 foot in change. The current of the Niagara River, with 4 of the great lakes flowing into it, is quite strong. At the Peace Bridge it is 5 mph+ going against us. At the upper rapids, the current is a whopping 41 mph. This is definitely not a river to have an engine malfunction or a boat without enough power to fight the current. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We find the strongest current between the old railroad bridge and the Peace Bridge.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n