This is part of a series of caches we are putting out along the Old Erie Canal. You will need a canoe or kayak to access the cache. You can launch from the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum even if the gate is locked, but please only during daylight hours. Be sure to wear a PFD and bring a whistle! Most of these caches are pill containers zip tied in place, and you should have no trouble reaching them. They are hanging far enough out over the water that you will need a boat.
The Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum is located within the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, 15 miles east of Syracuse and north of the village of Chittenango. The drydock at Chittenango Landing, on the enlarged Erie Canal, was built in 1855. There, craftsmen constructed and repaired the 96-foot long cargo boats which carried grain, lumber, coal, and the produce of the west to eastern markets. The museum tells of the construction of these boats and the workings of the restored drydocks, as well as some of the social history of the canal era. The main feature of the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum is an excavated three-bay drydock, with reconstructed miter and drop gates. Other features include excavated canal boat remains, model canal boats, a sunken canal boat which can be viewed when the water is clear, reconstructed woodworking and blacksmith shops and a sawmill, and the enlarged Erie Canal towpath which leads to a reconstructed aqueduct. The museum is temporarily closed due to the pandemic.