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The Great Upstate Boat Show March 2-4, 2018
We offer two convenient locations: a full-
serviceMarina inWarner Bay on Lake George, NY
and a New & Preowned Boat Sales Showroom in
Queensbury, NY. We are an authorized dealer
for the two most innovative brands on the
water: MasterCraft and Regal boats. We
also sell and service Mercury and Suzuki
outboard engines. New for 2017, we
are offering high-quality boat trailers
from Performance and Venture.
Our family’s reputation has been built
upon providing every valued customer
with expert, personal service that is
second to none. We offer the total boating
package: Sales, Service, Dockage, Storage,
a Ship’s Store, a Pro Shop, and an Ethanol-Free
Gas Dock. Complete care of your boat, year-
round, and everything you will ever need for
the ultimate boating experience is right here at
Castaway Marina.
We’re proud to have built a reputation
for providing the most attentive and
reliable boating service in the
Lake George, NY region.
Marina & ProShop
2546 Route 9L
Queensbury, NY 12804, USA
Mailing Address
PHONE:(518) 656-3636
FAX:(518) 656-3692
Service & Parts
2546 Route 9L
Queensbury, NY 12804
Mailing Address
PHONE:(518) 656-3636
FAX:(518) 656-3124
cyclists began the 400 mile journey on July 9 to pedal along the
historic Erie Canalway Trail to Albany for the 19th annual event. The
trail will be 100 percent complete in 2020.
Some other examples of canal events in 2018:
Waterford Canal Festival, at the Waterford Harbor Visitors
Center, May 19, celebrating the opening of the canal season and
the 100th year of the modern Barge Canal in style, with waterfront
exhibits, great food, entertainment, a kids’ fishing contest, working
canal and tugboats, marine recreational activities, and more! For
more information visit .
Fairport Canal Days ( ) is
celebrating 42 years as one of the premier juried art festivals in
the Northeast, June 1-3. With artisans, food, canalside attractions
and more in the heart of one of the most beautiful waterfront
communities on the canal.
Waterford Steamboat Meet ( brings
wood fired boilers and a fleet of steam powered vessels to the
Waterford Harbor Visitors Center. Typically the first weekend
in July.
Seneca Falls Canal Fest July 7-9, ),
featuring fireworks, rides, an aquacade, duck race, music, and
more, this is a great community event held in the spot where the
womens’ rights movement was born and led to social reform in
America, right alongside the water’s edge!
Waterford Tugboat Roundup ),
at the Waterford Harbor Visitors Center, September 7-9,
brings the largest collection of working commercial vessels to
the canalside terminal near Lock 2, along with one of the best
canalside festivals and an awesome display of fireworks known
regionally as one of the best north of New York City.
Our canal system suffers from a perceived lack
of relevance in today’s world. It’s easy to overlook
the fact that not only are hundreds of millions of
dollars in economic benefit generated annually from
tourism along the canals, but when the non-tourism
activities (commercial transportation, irrigation, water
management, electric power generation, and even
the commerce generated in former canal towns now
served by the NY State Thruway) are considered the
number rises into the billions.
Use the off season to your advantage and plan your
next canal voyage! For more information please
visit , .
org or stop by the Southern Saratoga Information
Center on the I-87 Northway between Exits 9 and
10 in Clifton Park.
Ohio Erie Canal in Independence, OH (Circa 1902)