We certainly had our fair share of waiting at these commercial locks. We got up early to catch the ST. Catherines Lock because the official pleasure craft schedule indicated that we could lock through at 10:00. When you dock, you must use the land line to call in and announce your intention to lock through. There is a pay machine that accepts credit cards so you can pay your $30.00 per lock. We arrived at 8:00 because the revised schedule had no set time, which meant to us that they would take us through at any available time. It turns out that the commercial traffic was heavy so we had to wait until 11:00. We locked through with 2 other boats. One was a 70 foot custom built boat out of Alaska. The Captain of this
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