Thank you once again to Sinead for her reminder this morning. Nana and Nandad were fully immersed in cruising the Chambly Canal. Locks 4,5,6,7, & 8 are all very close together and with two other boats with us inside the lock- a lot going on!! The process took two hours and with only another 6 miles to go one would think we would be there in an hour - not the case. There are four swing bridges that need to open and another lock. The lockmasters keep a very tight monitor on the boats going north and south so that they can coordinate a smooth passage for everybody and also that they are not constantly opening and closing bridges.
As you can see by the picture the canal is quite narrow. These are the boats heading north and the Lockmaster gave us a heads up. Port to port passage
These were our buddies going through all nine locks. We spent the night as planned on the wall after going through Lock 3. We were the first passage this morning ready for Lock 4 at 9am. Nana and Nandad decided to stay at the wall right downtown St Jean and our cruising friends went further up river.
Beautiful city with lovely garden themes and park sculpture.
A great picture of Nandad busy reviewing our route for the next day - which is always a good thing. Even with the best of planning we somehow seem to overlook some important issues. Today it was the number of swing bridges! Tonight we will stroll across the street - after the rain stops - and celebrate our anniversary at Bistro Morgane & Pub. NH is now only 20 miles from Rouses Point when we will call to clear U.S. Customs.
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