If you’ve ever driven NY 12 through Boonville, you might have seen canal lock structures high and dry and abandoned and wondered.  The CSNY Study tour is taking a closer look.  Here’s a quick report on Day 1 in the North Country.

This body of water is spectacular.  Orientation remarks were provided by none other than the  executive director of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating district, John Callaghan.

Here’s more on the reservoir.  For a quick read on how the reservoir came to be, click here. 

The modest concrete structure in the background is surface evidence of 

a hydro-electric turbine, almost50 feet below.

The green roof at the bottom of the image was our starting point, and way beyond the reservoir is

a reminder that it is the second half of October….  That’s Mount Marcy, some 90 miles away.

After a stop at the Boonville Black River Canal Museum, a very worthwhile visit, CSNY’s board member Bruce Schwendy honored us with an overview of the day and 

a preview of Day 2.

All photos, any errors, WVD.