Draining the Cape Cod Canal

Incredible!

I can't count how many times I have crossed that bridge. The current in the canal always amazed me.
 
Wow,
I don't fully understand how this will happen but I wish I could be there to see it... I am not a birder but I imagine many interesting things will see the light of day for the first time in decades. They need to allow someone to document what they find there. Some unsolved mysteries may be solved...
 
Guys, it's an April Fools Day joke, they are not draining the Cape Cod Canal.
 
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Originally posted by BillK

Guys, it's an April Fools Day joke, they are not draining the Cape Cod Canal.

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Geeze. Don't be such a spoil sport, where's your funny bone?
 
Truth be know, I feel for it also. Only after looking at the canal web cams and seeing water did I google and figure out it was an April Fools day joke.
 
My sincere apologies to anyone who took off from work or flew over from Europe to pilgrimage to the canal for the 4/1 non-event, and especially to those who tried to walk across the bottom. :D I think the project was postponed at the last minute until next April Fools Day due to coincidental arrival of a pod of protected left whales into the canal, but I'm sure the Corps wouldn't want to put off that important inspection too long. (The left whales are congenitally deaf and paid no attention the the ichtybegone beacons. )

I thought the original Cape Codder/ Mike O'Connor's "Aprilvisory" was really cleverly done. Wouldn't it be interesting to really see what's lurking down there! That would have to provide a pretty powerful bouquet though.
 
I heard they canceled the draining due to high levels of dihydrogen monoxide being found in the canal which they did not know what to do with.
 
I obtained my Cape Cod Canal Tunnel Pass a few years back to avoid the tolls on the two bridges. Finally got to use it on Friday when they drained the canal and I found the entrance to the tunnel.

Still have not used the Nahant Bridge Pass. If anyone from Mass. northshore is interested, just let me know.

Gene
 
DAMMIT. Once the hook is set it's set. After the Kennedy's, no fault insurance and Romneycare I should have remembered....NEVER trust a Massachusetts statement without full research. [:-banghead]
 
Ya got me.. Even after reading someone saying April fools those bridges are pretty dam old probably needs a dry footing inspection! The birder tie in drew me in... They are really serious about that on the cape...
 
Well, I know this is an April Fool's gag, but I was in Rochester NY four years ago when they closed off a couple of the locks on the Erie Canal, drained the canal between the locks and did some repair work. Not on the same scale as the Cape Cod Canal, I know, but still pretty impressive.

I was surprised at how many bicycles managed to find their way to the bottom of this canal.
 
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