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New Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalk Debuts Sept. 24 with AVA Regional Director, 1812 Period Interpreters

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – Sept. 2011) American Volkssport Association (AVA) Northeast Regional Director Doug Reynolds will help inaugurate the first-ever non-competitive Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalk Saturday, Sept. 24 in Sackets Harbor.

Reynolds will be at the registration and welcome booth at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, 401 W. Main Street, from 8:30am-1:30pm.

Walkers for the Sept. 24 Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalk are expected from Albany, Buffalo, the Finger Lakes and Canada. Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalkers in 1812 period costume will also be on hand.

This first of different theme walks honors the New York-Pennsylvania National Scenic Byway region’s War of 1812 history.

For more information, contact Great Lakes Seaway Trail Volkssport Association Trailmaster Daryl Giles at 315-646-1000 x200, daryl@seawaytrail.com or  www.seawaytrail.com/volkssport.


Filed Under: Calendar of Events, Fun and recreation, History, Sackets Harbor

Healthy Outdoor Adventure Renewed for 2012

September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Great Lakes Seaway Trail, NY and PA – Sept. 1, 2011) The Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail has completed its first full year of providing a healthy outdoor activity for GPS-guided explorers with a $150,000 impact for the byway’s local economies in New York and Pennsylvania.

Organizers with the nonprofit tourism organization Seaway Trail, Inc., Sackets Harbor say they expect the total economic impact for the current supply of GeoCoins – tokens available once a certain number of caches are found – will be approximately $400,000.

Geocaching enthusiasts who use hand-held global positioning systems have embraced the fun and challenge of finding as many as 75 caches hidden in the landscape along the 518-mile length of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway. The byway parallels the freshwater shoreline of 11 counties: St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Oswego, Cayuga, Wayne, Monroe, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, and Chautauqua, NY; and Erie, PA.

A total of 1,481 Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoCoins were claimed by those finding at least ten of 15 hidden caches in any of the byway’s five regions: Lake Erie, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, Rochester/Central Lake Ontario, Eastern Lake Ontario, and the 1000 Islands/St. Lawrence River.

Cachers typically spent two or three days geocaching in each region, spending an average of $80 to $150 in each region.

“Nearly all the participants surveyed indicated they are caching along the entire Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail, spending nearly two weeks on the byway to do so,” said Seaway Trail, Inc. Director of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher.

“People have come from 26 US states, five Canadian provinces, and as far away as Australia to complete the GeoTrail. As we’re seeing more people from outside the byway region, we’re also seeing longer stays and higher average expenditures,” Schumacher added.

Sixty-one percent of those surveyed said their GeoTrail adventure was highly likely to influence their decision to travel on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail in the future.

Seaway Trail, Inc. President and CEO Teresa Mitchell said, “This ‘get outdoors on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail’ initiative is an accessible and affordable opportunity to enjoy healthy fresh air travel along the entire Great Lakes shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania.”

The Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail will continue in 2012. Logbooks are available at locations along the byway, including:
St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Canton, NY

1000 Islands International Tourism Council, Alexandria Bay, NY

Seaway Trail Discovery Center, Sackets Harbor, NY
Oswego County Tourism, Oswego, NY
Cayuga County Tourism, Auburn, NY
Wayne County Tourism, Lyons, NY
VisitRochester, Rochester, NY
Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, Niagara Falls, NY
Visit Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo, NY
Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Chautauqua, NY, and
Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie, PA.

This geocaching travel initiative debuted in August 2010 with 75 caches – used military ammo boxes emblazoned with the Great Lakes Seaway Trail logo — hidden by a cadre of local volunteers working in collaboration with Seaway Trail, Inc. and GeoTrail coordinator Jim “Boots” Hooper.

Each cache includes a unique punch tool for marking logbooks. Sponsor sites validate the logbooks to issue the collectible GeoCoins. The colorful antique metal-finish square coins feature iconic byway landmarks: the St. Lawrence Seaway, historic Fort Ontario, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist tour boat, and the Flagship Niagara.

Cachers can learn more about the Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail and where to pick up a logbook by visiting www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail.

Filed Under: Annoucements, Announcements, Fun and recreation, Jefferson County, Oswego, Oswego County, Sackets Harbor

Hall of Fame Pro Lacrosse Stickmaker in Sackets Harbor July 16

July 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY) On Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 6:30pm at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, traditional handmade lacrosse stickmaker, coach and retired player Alfie Jacques of the Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan will present “The Art of Making Handmade Wooden Lacrosse Sticks.”

Jacques has made box and field lacrosse sticks for more than 47 years. He is featured for his artisanship in the film “Sacred Sport” and his sticks are part of the Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Museum in Baltimore, MD. He will share his personal collection of sticks at this July 16 program.

The evening program fee is $5. The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center at 401 W. Main Street in Sackets Harbor, NY, is a Blue Star Museum providing free admission to active military and their families with ID. The program is sponsored by Advanced Business Systems.

For more information on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway and the Discovery Center, go online to www.seawaytrail.com, http://facebook.com/seawaytrailand http://twitter.com/#!/SeawayTrail or call 315-646-1000.

 

Filed Under: Annoucements, Announcements, Art, Art & Culture, Art and Culture, Calendar of Events, Opinion/Editorial, Sackets Harbor, Sports

Great Lakes Seaway Trail Now Part of Blue Star Museums Program

June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – June 29, 2011) The Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor  is now a Blue Star Museum.

The Blue Star Museums program is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts with Blue Star Families, an organization that raises awareness of the challenges and strengths of military family life- and more than 1,300 participating museums across America. The museums, nature center, historic and cultural sites provide free admission spouses and families of active military.

More than one million children in the U.S. have had at least one parent deployed. The program provides the free admission to affected families through Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2011.

“The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is pleased to partner with the National Endowment of the Arts in this initiative to provide military families with opportunities to learn about the byway region and the activities and destinations found only along our freshwater shoreline,” says Seaway Trail, Inc. President and CEO Teresa Mitchell. “By visiting the Seaway Trail Discovery Center which showcases the entire 518-mile National Scenic Byway, they will discover a diversity of recreational, historic, cultural, natural and scenic travel opportunities.”

The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center is located along the Sackets Harbor waterfront in the three-story, native limestone former Union Hotel built in 1817. The free admission will apply to daytime visits and evening programming at the Center.

Upcoming 6:30pm programs feature US Lacrosse Hall of Fame Coach Kirk Ventiquattro on Saturday, July 9 and Onondaga Nation lacrosse stickmaker, coach and retired professional lacrosse player Alfie Jacques on Saturday, July 16.

There are 14 Blue Star Museums on Great Lakes Seaway Trail that stretches out with 518 miles for leisure driving and freshwater vacations along the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. Those sites are:

Antique Boat Museum – Clayton, NY
Col. William Bond-Jesse Hawley House – Lockport, NY
Edinboro Area Historical Society – Edinboro, PA
Erie Canal Discovery Center – Lockport, NY
The Erie Maritime Museum & U.S. Brig Niagara – Erie, PA
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center – Sackets Harbor, NY
Historic Palmyra – Palmyra, NY
Hornby School Museum – North East, PA
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester – Rochester, NY
Niagara County History Center – Lockport, NY
North Tonawanda History Museum – North Tonawanda, NY
Seneca-Iroquois National Museum – Salamanca, NY
Seward House Museum – Auburn, NY
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum – Sodus Point, NY.

More than 300,000 military families benefitted from the Blue Star Museums program in 2010.

The 2011 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Travel Magazine is being distributed to military personnel at Fort Drum, located approximately 25 miles northeast of Sackets Harbor.

For more information, go online to www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums and www.seawaytrail.com, 315-646-1000.

 

Filed Under: Annoucements, Announcements, Calendar of Events, Clayton, Fort Drum, Museums & Historical Socities, Museums and Historical Societies, Opinion and Editorial, Opinion-Editorial, Opinion/Editorial, Sackets Harbor, Veteran's Corner Tagged With: , , , , ,

Lacrosse is Focus of July Programs at Great Lakes Seaway Trail Center

June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – June 21, 2011) The game of lacrosse, its history and its life applications are the focus of a new exhibit and two programs by two of the game’s notable proponents at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor in July.

The “Tewa’a:raton lakwa’tswa:tha: Lacrosse, Our Game” exhibit created by Mohawk youth working with the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum at Hogansburg, NY, will be at the Discovery Center July 9-17. The development of the exhibit was made possible with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

“Lacrosse is hugely popular in the US, Canada and in many countries across the world, but many fans are unaware of the Native origins of the game. This traveling exhibit, co-curated by Mohawk youth, explores the origins of lacrosse and carries the Mohawk cultural message of ‘Think about how you play the game and how you live your life,’” says Akwesasne Museum Curator Sue Ellen Herne.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the number of boys and girls in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut has grown to more than 91,000, according to the US Lacrosse governing body. There has been a 40 percent increase in the number of children playing the game in the New York City area since 2006.

On July 9, at 6:30pm at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, US Lacrosse Hall of Fame Coach Kirk Ventiquattro will present “Lacrosse: Origin and Application.” Ventiquattro started the lacrosse program at Carthage Central School in 1988 and has coached more than 30 players who became NCAA Division I college lacrosse players. He will present an overview of the “Baggataway” story and how he applies the game to prepare his players for life.

On July 16 at 6:30pm at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, traditional handmade lacrosse stickmaker, coach and retired player Alfie Jacques of the Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan will present “The Art of Making Handmade Wooden Lacrosse Sticks.” Jacques has made box and field lacrosse sticks for more than 47 years. He is featured for his artisanship in the film “Sacred Sport” and his sticks are part of the Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Museum in Baltimore, MD. He will share his personal collection of sticks at this July 16 program.

The evening program fee is $5; free with military ID.

For more information on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway and the Discovery Center, go to seawaytrail.com or call 646-1000.

 

 

 

Filed Under: Art & Culture, Art and Culture, Calendar of Events, Carthage, History, Onondaga, Sackets Harbor, Sports, Youth

Begin Geocaching on National Trails Day June 4

May 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – June 2011)  June 4th is National Trails Day. Promoters of the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the freshwater shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania want you to “Get up! Get outside! Enjoy the great outdoors!” by geocaching along the 75-cache Great Lakes Seaway Trail. The 518-mile byway for leisure driving and great vacations parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in NY and PA.

A new supply of Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins is available  for 2011.  Each of five regions of the byway has 15 caches awaiting discovery. The Western New York region includes 13 caches in New York Congressman Brian Higgins’ 27th District encompassing two-thirds of the City of Buffalo, eastern and southern Erie County, and all of Chautauqua County to the NY-PA line.

Congressman Higgins, a Great Lakes Task Force member, says, “National Trails Day is a great prompt to get out and explore the waterfront in a new and fun way. Geocaching along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail offers family-friendly adventures along the naturally beautiful landscapes of this National Scenic Byway not only here in Western New York but throughout New York’s Great Lakes coastal region.”

“Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocachers can each collect five different coins featuring iconic sites along the byway. Participants seem to love the GeoCoins. They are a well-earned reward and souvenir for this fun and exciting adventure,” says Great Lakes Seaway Trail Director of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher.

The GeoCoins feature the St. Lawrence Seaway, historic Fort Ontario, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist, and the Flagship Niagara.

Locations supplied with Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins include:
·      St. Lawrence County Chamber, 101 Main Street, Canton, NY
·      1000 Islands International Tourism Council, 43373 Collins Landing, Alexandria Bay, NY
·      Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, 401 W. Main Street, Sackets Harbor, NY,
·      Oswego County Tourism, 46 East Bridge Street, Oswego, NY
·      Cayuga County Office of Tourism, 131 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY
·      Screwy Louie’s Sport Shop, 596 Main Street, Fair Haven, NY
·      Wayne County Tourism, 9 Pearl Street, Lyons, NY
·      Visit Rochester, 45 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
·      Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, 10 Rainbow Blvd., Niagara Falls, NY
·      Visit Buffalo Niagara, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
·      Chautauqua County Tourism Bureau, Route 394, Chautauqua, NY, and
·      Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA.

For more information on Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaching go online to www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail or call the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at 315-646-1000.

 

Filed Under: Fun and recreation, Sackets Harbor

Begin Geocaching on National Trails Day June 4

May 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – June 2011)  June 4th is National Trails Day. Promoters of the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the freshwater shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania want you to “Get up! Get outside! Enjoy the great outdoors!” by geocaching along the 75-cache Great Lakes Seaway Trail. The 518-mile byway for leisure driving and great vacations parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in NY and PA.

A new supply of Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins is available  for 2011.  Each of five regions of the byway has 15 caches awaiting discovery. The Western New York region includes 13 caches in New York Congressman Brian Higgins’ 27th District encompassing two-thirds of the City of Buffalo, eastern and southern Erie County, and all of Chautauqua County to the NY-PA line.

Congressman Higgins, a Great Lakes Task Force member, says, “National Trails Day is a great prompt to get out and explore the waterfront in a new and fun way. Geocaching along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail offers family-friendly adventures along the naturally beautiful landscapes of this National Scenic Byway not only here in Western New York but throughout New York’s Great Lakes coastal region.”

“Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocachers can each collect five different coins featuring iconic sites along the byway. Participants seem to love the GeoCoins. They are a well-earned reward and souvenir for this fun and exciting adventure,” says Great Lakes Seaway Trail Director of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher.

The GeoCoins feature the St. Lawrence Seaway, historic Fort Ontario, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist, and the Flagship Niagara.

Locations supplied with Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins include:
·      St. Lawrence County Chamber, 101 Main Street, Canton, NY
·      1000 Islands International Tourism Council, 43373 Collins Landing, Alexandria Bay, NY
·      Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, 401 W. Main Street, Sackets Harbor, NY,
·      Oswego County Tourism, 46 East Bridge Street, Oswego, NY
·      Cayuga County Office of Tourism, 131 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY
·      Screwy Louie’s Sport Shop, 596 Main Street, Fair Haven, NY
·      Wayne County Tourism, 9 Pearl Street, Lyons, NY
·      Visit Rochester, 45 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
·      Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, 10 Rainbow Blvd., Niagara Falls, NY
·      Visit Buffalo Niagara, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
·      Chautauqua County Tourism Bureau, Route 394, Chautauqua, NY, and
·      Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA.

For more information on Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaching go online to www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail or call the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at 315-646-1000.

 

Filed Under: Fun and recreation, Sackets Harbor

Begin Geocaching on National Trails Day June 4

May 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Sackets Harbor, NY – June 2011)  June 4th is National Trails Day. Promoters of the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the freshwater shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania want you to “Get up! Get outside! Enjoy the great outdoors!” by geocaching along the 75-cache Great Lakes Seaway Trail. The 518-mile byway for leisure driving and great vacations parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in NY and PA.

A new supply of Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins is available  for 2011.  Each of five regions of the byway has 15 caches awaiting discovery. The Western New York region includes 13 caches in New York Congressman Brian Higgins’ 27th District encompassing two-thirds of the City of Buffalo, eastern and southern Erie County, and all of Chautauqua County to the NY-PA line.

Congressman Higgins, a Great Lakes Task Force member, says, “National Trails Day is a great prompt to get out and explore the waterfront in a new and fun way. Geocaching along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail offers family-friendly adventures along the naturally beautiful landscapes of this National Scenic Byway not only here in Western New York but throughout New York’s Great Lakes coastal region.”

“Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocachers can each collect five different coins featuring iconic sites along the byway. Participants seem to love the GeoCoins. They are a well-earned reward and souvenir for this fun and exciting adventure,” says Great Lakes Seaway Trail Director of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher.

The GeoCoins feature the St. Lawrence Seaway, historic Fort Ontario, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist, and the Flagship Niagara.

Locations supplied with Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins include:
·      St. Lawrence County Chamber, 101 Main Street, Canton, NY
·      1000 Islands International Tourism Council, 43373 Collins Landing, Alexandria Bay, NY
·      Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, 401 W. Main Street, Sackets Harbor, NY,
·      Oswego County Tourism, 46 East Bridge Street, Oswego, NY
·      Cayuga County Office of Tourism, 131 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY
·      Screwy Louie’s Sport Shop, 596 Main Street, Fair Haven, NY
·      Wayne County Tourism, 9 Pearl Street, Lyons, NY
·      Visit Rochester, 45 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
·      Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, 10 Rainbow Blvd., Niagara Falls, NY
·      Visit Buffalo Niagara, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
·      Chautauqua County Tourism Bureau, Route 394, Chautauqua, NY, and
·      Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA.

For more information on Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaching go online to www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail or call the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at 315-646-1000.

 

Filed Under: Fun and recreation, Sackets Harbor

1000 Islands Region Sites in New Great Lakes Seaway Trail Itineraries Going to International Travel Marketplace

May 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Great Lakes Seaway Trail, NY and PA – 1000 Islands sites and attractions are featured in several of the 12 new Great Lakes Seaway Trail itineraries that will be distributed to more than 1,500 domestic and international travel buyers from 70 countries at the Travel Association of America International Pow Wow Marketplace event in San Francisco May 21-25. The annual event generates more than $3.5 billion in future U.S. travel expenditures.

The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is the 518-mile-long National Scenic Byway that parallels the freshwater shoreline of the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. The new Great Lakes Seaway Trail itineraries are posted online at www.seawaytrail.com/roadtrips <http://www.seawaytrail.com/roadtrips> .

The Antique Boat Museum, Boldt Castle, Chaumont Bay, Henderson Harbor, Old McDonald’s Farm, the Thousand Islands Art Center’s Handweaving Museum, Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, Tin Pan Galley, and the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor are among the suggested 1000 Islands region stops in the itineraries developed in partnership with I Love NY Division of Tourism and the 11 Great Lakes Seaway Trail county tourism promotion agencies (10 in NYS, 1 in PA).

The itineraries focus on themed travel opportunities:

·     Birding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Capture the Moment: Photography, Art, and Painting

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Cultural Heritage and Quilts

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Just the Two of Us Getaways and Shopping

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Lighthouses and Shipwrecks

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Lighthouse-to-Lighthouse Bicycling

·     Quilting Around the Great Lakes Seaway Trail

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail Seven-Day Scenic Coastal Drive

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail: Take the Blueway

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail War of 1812 in the U.S. and Canada

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail War of 1812 Quilt Challenge

·     Great Lakes Seaway Trail “Where Can I Take the Kids.”

The itineraries vary in length from a one afternoon option to a 9-day bicycling tour. Some of the itineraries are time-limited; others are available any time for do-it-yourself drivers; one is an escorted two-nation group tour to War of 1812 sites in New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec.

“These byway-branded itineraries represent unique “only on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail” travel experiences on a premier American national scenic byway touring destination,” says Great Lakes Seaway Trail President and CEO Teresa Mitchell.

Filed Under: Alexandria, Alexandria Bay, Announcements, Business & Finance, Clayton, Fun and recreation, Jefferson County, Museums and Historical Societies, Sackets Harbor

2011 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Travel Magazine Now Online

May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

(Great Lakes Seaway Trail, NY and PA – May 2011)  The 2011 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Travel Magazine is now available with editorial stories on wineries, the War of 1812, and enjoying a scenic drive on the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River, and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania.

Spectacular photographs; a calendar of 110-plus events; a directory of attractions, accommodations and services; and the GPS coordinates for more than 100 Great Lakes Seaway Trail “outdoor storyteller” interpretive signs are also included in the 64-page, full-color magazine.

The front cover of the 2011 edition of the annual glossy travel magazine features a tour boat approaching Boldt Castle in the 1000 Islands region of the byway.

The back cover invites travelers to go geocaching on the byway to collect five elegant Great Lakes Seaway Trail collectible geocoins.

Great Lake Seaway Trail Director of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher says the travel magazine is now reaching new markets.

“In addition to finding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Travel Magazine at our member sites along the byway, distribution for the guide now includes high-traffic information and welcome centers on interstate routes in New York and Pennsylvania; locations in Kingston, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and AAA offices in Ohio,” Schumacher says.

The Great Lake Seaway Trail Travel Magazine is also included in Relocation Readiness packets for soldiers arriving at Fort Drum, NY, and in physician recruiting packets developed by Oswego Health, which operates Oswego Hospital, a skilled nursing facility, and a retirement living site in Oswego, NY.

A digital version of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Travel Magazine is online at www.seawaytrail.com/travelmagazine <http://www.seawaytrail.com/travelmagazine> .

Filed Under: Alexandria, Alexandria Bay, Announcements, Fort Drum, Fun and recreation, Health, Sackets Harbor
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