Erie Canal-Lockport Lock Guided Tour copy
short guided Tour at the Lockport Erie Canl Lock
CRNA

Waypoint 1 parking lot, Lockport locks 34 & 35
leaving parking lot for soundscape community guided route at Erie Canal Locks 34 & 35. Your first feature is a gazebo prior to encountering your first tactile map of the guided tour.
be careful, take your time, use your O&M skills, go with friends or family, be safe and be smart-above all, enjoy Locks 34 & 35
arrived gazebo at Locks 34 & 35 on to tactile map
Waypoint 2 gazebo Locks 34 & 35
leaving gazebo for Locks tactile map, prior to entering locks
arrived at tactile map, take your time to interpret map. , on to Tactile Map
Waypoint 3 Tactile Map Locks 34 & 35
leaving gazebo for tactile map prior to boarding locks 34 & 35
arrived first tactile map waypoint. Take your time, read the map and listen to the provided audio clip in the soundscape community app....your experience will be so much richer and rewarding
Waypoint 4 ramp locks 34 & 35
leaving the tactile map waypoint for the ramp which enables you to board the barge float
arrived ramp, be careful, take your time and cross onto the barge
Waypoint 5 Tenders Tribute Locks 35 & 35
leaving waypoint 4 for point 5 and tenders tribute
arrived tenders tribute...take a minute to absorb the features prior to moving on to point 6.
Waypoint 6 lock 34
leaving point 5 for point 6, a waypoint to absorb all the sounds of the lock and its divine location in Lockport....use all your senses to hear and smell and dream of taking a barge down the world famous erie canal
arrive point 6....take your time by taking in all the guided route has to offer. on to point 7
Waypoint 7 Erie traveler
Leaving point 6 for point 7-Erie Traveler waypoint....You will experience a little of what it was like to travel the canal in its hey day
arrived point 7....on to point 8 maintenance shop
Waypoint 8 maintenance shop locks 34 & 35
leaving the Erie traveler for the barge's maintenance shop...the tools are original, but so effective in maintaining both the barges and canal
arrived maintenance shop....take your time then proceed to Locks 34 & 35 museum
Waypoint 9 finish locks 34 & 35
leaving point 8 for the locks museum. and finish . Take your time and explore the museum and all its wonderful artifacts...to return to the start
arrived point 9 and finish at the barge museum...enjoy the many artifacts....to return to the lock's parking lot, head to point 10 that uses a ramp to return to land and back to your ride
Waypoint 10 ramp to land locks 34 & 35
departing the museum for point 10 and land. be careful crossing the ramp from the barge to land
arrived point 10, turn left to proceed to point 11 close to the gazebo
Waypoint 11 land walkway to parking lot
leaving point 10 for 11 close to the gazebo...go straight
arrived point 11, turn right to proceed to the parking lot
Waypoint 12 finish locks 34 & 35
leave point 11 by turning right and heading straight to point 12 and the parking lot...and your ride to your next destination
arrived point 12 finish of the locks route. You did great, congratulations....feel free to visit other western New York Erie canal sites