Weather clearing.
Engaged pilot at $30.00 and fare
from Port Dalhousie to Montreal
5:00 p.m. – Entered Soulanges Canal.
8:05 p.m. – Leave last lock and come to wharf
at upper end of canal.
Eleven hands turn in.
Friday, November 2, 1900
3:00 a.m. – Wind very strong.
Shifted to windward side of canal for easier berth.
6:00 a.m. - Got under way and entered Lake St. Francis –
Wind southeast, considerable sea.
7:30 a.m.-weather clear, wind same.
9:30 a.m. - Cornwall Canal.
11:30 a.m. - Passed whaleback bound for coast.
Noon - Leave last lock.
12:50 p.m.-Faran’s Point Canal. One lock. Finest yet.
2:20 p.m. – Morrisburg Canal. Repide Plat Canal.
12 mins. To lock through
3:30 p.m..-Iroquois. Took Rapids because
canal is only 9 feet deep.
Had to pick out eddies in order to stem the current.
6:10 p.m. –Ogdensburg.
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