Sixth Stop, Niagara Falls, Canada

 Our ship, the Victory I, could not sail directly to Niagara Falls. That is always considered poor form.

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Instead, we sailed across Lake Erie from Cleveland to Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The Welland Canal begins on the Lake Erie side at Port Colborne, consists of eight locks, and ends at Port Weller on the Lake Ontario side. The canal provides a shipping route that bypasses the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. We took a one hour charter bus ride from Port Colborne to the Canadian side of the falls.

We had been to both sides of Niagara Falls in the past, but we had never taken the tour boat up close and soaking wet to the base of the falls. That was quite an experience - once.

We returned to the ship late afternoon. From there, we would navigate overnight the length of the Welland Canal to Port Weller at the Lake Ontario end of the canal.

Dinner with our travel group aboard the ship with assorted photo bombers

Locks along the Welland Canal