Great Lakes Sailing - Welland Canal HD time-lapse

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Canada that runs 42 km (27.0 miles) from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller, Ontario on Lake Ontario. As part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the canal allows ships to traverse the Niagara Escarpment and avoid Niagara Falls.

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Travel & Events

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• great
• lakes
• welland
• canal
• port
• colborne
• ship
• lock
• laker
• boat
• seaway
• st.lawrence

[aurelius999]

What a fabulous video. Thank you so much for creating it. Awesome. My mother mentioned to me a few times skating on the Welland Canal, but that would have been probably in the 1920's or 1930's. Mike in Ottawa

[FarAway418]

@aurelius999 I get so many comments from people who appreciate my videos, thanks for taking the time of telling me you like the video. Wish you the best.

[oceanciana]

Interesting video.....what kind of cargo does the ship carry? Do they charge tolls to take the ship through all those locks?

[FarAway418]

@oceanciana Coal, coke salt, ore, rock, ... any kind of dry bulk. Going to the canal isn't cheap, not sure how much.

[amosjsoma]

Your videos have excellent photographic quality. What camera do you use?

[FarAway418]

@amosjsoma Samsung HMX series, video quality is good but the sound is very bad, it records a continuous buzzing sound coming from the mechanic inside the camera. it can be corrected with an editing software.

[Ansel297]

Wow, I never realized there were that many locks to go thru. Great Video. Could be enhanced with a bit of background music.

[graperonto]

I rode one of the Tall Ships going southbound from Port Weller to Port Colborne once. Interesting watching a boat going northbound.

[graperonto]

@theplaid1 Yeah, I noticed that too. I'm from Port Colborne and I noticed that as soon as the ship passed where the old Welland Canal went, it skipped all the way to Thorold. Now, granted there's nothing much to see (but it would have been cool to see where the two tunnels in Welland pass).

[theplaid1]

you skipped quite a bit there, from basically dain city to just past allanburg lift bridge, i was hopping to see the ferry dock in port robinson where i grew up, still an interesting vid there bud

[vaughnstubeyou]

This is one of if not the best videos I have seen on YouTube. Not only do we see how the locks work, but various types of bridges as well. Absolutely fascinating and informative on a subject I was aware of but had never seen in action. Thank you so much.

[janmadytay]

You got lucky below 4 no upbound...

[grannycali]

Having lived in St. Catharines, Ontario from 1970-1978, the Welland Canal is a wonder of engineering that one takes for granted - I would visit it from time to time and watch the boats but never fully appreciated the marvel it is - thanks for posting video of the entire locking process - it is truly amazing.

[shandysmum]

thanks so much,.... I spent many hours collecting coins from the ships,... even had some penpals with the sailors,... - thanks!

[murrellsean]

Very nice video indeed! I live in St. Catharines and I have always dreamed of working on the ships. This is probably the next best thing!