Today, on the day before St. Patrick's Day, we decided to continue our "section walking" of New Jersey's longest state park, the towpath of the Delaware & Raritan Canal. It was
surprisingly appropriate since we learned from one of the informative signs at Kingston Lock that the canal was built with the help of thousands of Irishmen who were
brought over from Ireland for specificially this purpose.
Today we parked at Kingston Lock and headed south, past Millstone Aqueduct, across Harrison Street, then Washington Road before finally arriving at Alexander Road, where we turned around and retraced our steps. This is one of the prettiest parts of the towpath, with the spacious Lake Carnegie to the immediate west and the mansions on its western bank. Today the Princeton rowing teams were out in force, both men and women, doing drills up and down the lake in the cold and snow! With today's segment we have walked about 26 contiguous miles (twice) of the still remaining main canal from Landing Lane in New Brunswick to Alexander Road. Total distance covered was 8.2 miles in just under 3 hours.
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Our Canadian greeters |
Kingston Lock and house |
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Kingston Lock looking south |
Looking north |
[Photo by Laura] |
"The Canal Dug By Irishmen" |
Heading south |
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Old wall below |
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Spillway stonework |
Old bolts |
Dam on Millstone River |
Great blue heron in flight |
Laura on dam |
Kingston Mill |
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Gulls on dam |
Gears on dam |
[Photo by Laura] |
Pines across canal |
19 miles to Bordentown |
Continuing south |
Joggers |
Row lane markers |
Mallard couple |
Shrine across canal |
Interesting hat! |
Women rowers on Lake Carnegie |
Rowing marker |
One's facing the wrong way! |
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Beaver work |
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Men rowing |
View south |
Harrison Street bridge |
Bench at viewpoint |
Approaching ... |
... Millstone Spillway |
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Cormorant |
Women rowing |
Boardwalk at Millstone Spillway |
Watching the rowers |
Swan in Millstone River |
Continuing south |
Mallard heading south |
Nature Trail |
Harrison Street bridge |
Old growth along sections |
Canada geese |
Harrison Street bridge |
View north |
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Isthmus of geese |
Washington Road bridge over river |
Washington Road bridge over canal |
Telephone poles? |
RR bridge |
The swivel mechanism ... |
... is now locked |
Boat rental? |
View of RR bridge |
Towpath bridge |
Canal signs |
Chickadee |
Washington Road bridge over canal |
Reflections |
Beaver work |
Princeton University boathouse |
View north |
Old growth |
Piles of goose poop |
Bench with a view |
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Mockingbird |
Great Blue Heron flying away |
On other side of Lake Carnegie |
Gull eating lunch |
Back to spillway |
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