June 24 - The 4,000,000 gallon boat tomb on our way to Campbellford

Entering the Tomb.

That is what it looked like, a boat tomb. We were the only boat in this lock, and when the gates closed behind us it felt like we were being entombed. In front of us, behind the blue gates were between 3 and 4 million gallons of water! Knowing this, we hoped that the engineers knew what they were doing. It was a very impressive sight, the distance from the water below us to the top of the gate was nearly 50'.

We docked at Campbellford's Old Mill Park where there was a concert of Irish Fiddlers at the bandshell. This town is also quite small, but our crew did stop at the local brew pub, made wine purchases in the event that the liquor store workers would go on strike tonight ( yes, seriously!) and bought some Empire cheese which is made here locally.