(^176) Rome – St Johnsville - 87 km
The trail passed many locks, some old and a few still operating, and it
was fascinating to watch boats being let through while chatting with
the operators.
In St. Johnsville, camping was possible at the Marina—a lovely place
on the canal. Although no more than a hamlet, St Johnsville was
settled in 1725, and a church was built in 1769 ‘for the benefit of the
Indians’. Once again, I was struck by the sheer audacity with which
Europeans justified travelling to another part of the world, killing the
local people, seizing their land, and then attempting to impose those
same values on the very communities they had devastated.
leana
(Leana)
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