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Undaunted Curiosity: Boating America’S Coasts and Waterways Volume Ii New York City to Mississippi Via Canada
Undaunted Curiosity: Boating America’S Coasts and Waterways Volume Ii New York City to Mississippi Via Canada
Undaunted Curiosity: Boating America’S Coasts and Waterways Volume Ii New York City to Mississippi Via Canada
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Undaunted Curiosity: Boating America’S Coasts and Waterways Volume Ii New York City to Mississippi Via Canada

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Enjoy a leisurely cruise in a 54 yacht on the rivers, lakes, waterways and canals of the United States and Canada, from New York City up the Hudson, thru the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, then zigzag down the St. Lawrence River thru the Thousand Islands to Montreal. The cruise then moves across Ontario and Quebec to Hull and Ottawa on the Ottawa River into the historic 1820s Rideau Canal and its 45 colorful Lock Parks. This spectacular scenery of central Ontario leads back to Lake Ontario, at Kingston, then via the 55 locks of the Trent-Severn Waterway thru Canadas cottage-country lakes to gorgeous Georgian Bay. Here the journey turns south to Detroit, via Lakes Huron and St. Clair, then around Michigans thumb, to Sault St. Marie and Lake Superior. Moving across the Great Lakes to Chicago leads to the Illinois River into the Mississippi. The entire length of that mighty River then is cruised and described. Other tributary rivers explored town-by-city-by-town are the St. Croix, Ohio, Muskingum, Kentucky, Green, Kanawha, Allegheny, Monongahela, and Arkansas, most to their head of navigation. The White, Black, Atchafalaya, the West Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Morgan City to Mobile, and the Tenn-Tom Waterway from Mobile Bay north to Columbus, Mississippi then follows, in detail. 190 marine charts and illustrations and 23 pages of color photos provide details of the magnificence encompassed in this book. The scenic wonders and delights of 16,000 miles of Americas Waterways are explored and exposed, showing off America the Beautiful.

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Release dateMar 12, 2012
ISBN9781466919839
Undaunted Curiosity: Boating America’S Coasts and Waterways Volume Ii New York City to Mississippi Via Canada
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Douglas W. Ayres

The Author spent a 47-year career as a City Manager and as a consultant to governments and their chief officials . He was recognized as a "guru" of local finances and was referred to by The Los Angeles Times as "the Red Adair of public finance."

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