To claim this Virtual Cache, all you need to do is post a picture of yourself, preferably with your GPS, with the down-stream side of the Lock and Dam behind you while standing near the listed coordinates on the east side of the river (or near the alternate coordinates on the west side of the river)! Logs not containing the required photo may be deleted. Don't send me your picture. Attach it to your log. Do not post pictures from previous trips to Lockport to claim your find, YOU MUST VISIT AGAIN AFTER THE PUBLICATION DATE OF THIS LISTING. If your picture is attached to another cacher's log (i.e. group photo) please be sure to put that in your log when logging the find. For camera shy cachers, you don't even need to show your face if you don't want to.
Congratulations to klblue, Geo-Smart and Jean Déniche on a rare FTF of a Virtual Cache.
The Dam is a unique Caméré Curtain Dam which uses moveable curtains consisting of narrow horizontal strips of wood hinged together, which are raised or lowered to control water flows. Invented by French engineer M. Camere, this type of dam was popular in western Europe in the late nineteenth century. This Dam is the largest Caméré Curtain Dam in world and the only one in North America. The Dam has six sections and each one is 36.3 metres (119 feet) wide.
The lock is 61 metres (200 feet) long and 17.7 metres (45 feet) wide and the average lift is 5.5 metres (18 feet).
First sod was officially turned on October 8, 1900 and despite many setbacks including outbreaks of typhoid and the loss of many workers to drowning in the unusually high water, the Locks were officially opened by Sir Wilfred Laurier on July 14. 1910. The bridge deck for vehicles and pedestrians wasn't finished until 1913.
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.