Boonville was the summit of the Black River Canal.
The museum has a full sized replica of a 70-ton canal boat. I presume this is the replica. The canal is on the other side, and the railroad that probably helped make it obsolete is in the left foreground.
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| Street View, Jun 2025 |
Lock #71 is supposed to be buried here. "Five separate buildings contain exhibits with artifacts, hundreds of pictures, and a number of dioramas. An original 1850 mule barn houses an interactive kids’ room with a working mini canal, a pulley wall, a derrick for loading and unloading boats, and a tiller in front of a backdrop suitable for pictures." [AdirondackExplorer]
There was a cabin in the stern for the family to live in and a cabin up front that housed four mules. The mules were switched every six hours. Boonville had a shipyard to build canal boats.
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| BlackRiverCanalMuseum |
Unfortunately, they don't identify the location of these locks.
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| BlackRiverCanalMuseum |
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