Lock C5 - Champlain Canal - Northumberland, NY - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

The Champlain Canal is a 60-mile waterway that connects the Hudson River with Lake Champlain with has an elevation rise of 43 meters. It was constructed along with the with the Erie Canal and is part of the New York State Canal System.

DeWitt Clinton is given most of the credit for the construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals. Clinton was a U.S. Senator, Mayor of New York City, and Governor of New York. As a member of the Canal Commission he supervised the successful completion of the Erie and Champlain Canals. James Geddes was the an engineer on the project.

Construction began in 1817 and was officially opened on September 10, 1823. It was a financial success, carrying commercial traffic, until the 1970s. Now, the canal is used mostly by recreational boats on a route from the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson River, Lake Erie and Lake Champlain with connections, in Canada, to the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Lock C5 by-passes the Northumberland Dam on the Hudson River, which is up river from the lock and used to generate hydroelectric power. The lock raises and lowers boats 19 feet (6 meters) between elevations of 83.5 and 105.5 feet.

Waterway Name: Lake Champlain Canal Connected Points: Hudson River to Lake Champlain Type: Lock Date Opened: 09/10/1823 Elevation Difference (meters): 6.00 Site Status: Operational Web Site: [Web Link] Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed

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