We are on our way home and one should never pass up an opportunity to visit relatives, so we re-routed our drive home to stop in Cornwall to see Lori’s Aunt Danielle and Uncle Tom. We had a great visit, and in fact ended up experiencing a tour literally in their backyard.
The Moses-Saunders Power Dam is on the St Lawrence River and straddles the border between New York State and Cornwall Ontario. We were really surprised at how little we knew about this dam’s construction, impact to the communities along the St Lawrence Seaway, as well as the importance it played in opening the seaway up for the transport of goods to & from the Great Lakes.
We spent an hour there with an incredibly well-informed employee at the visitor centre, as well as watching a 15 minute movie that was filmed in the late 1950s during the dam’s construction. Very fascinating and a must-see if in the area.
Then off to Lori’s Aunt and Uncle’s to sit in the backyard and catch up for a couple of hours.
