This view looks eastward along the approximate path which the Scottsville and Genesee River Canal took in a straight line towards the Genesee River. Just to the left of the large sycamore tree in the field, one can see the tallest tree among the trees on the horizon. This is the approximate point where one can still find the remnants of the ditch which used to be the Scottsville & Genesee River Canal in the wooded area heading towards the river. The ditch is still present and starts just past the cultivated field in the woods and terminates at the Genesee River. The field has been graded where the canal once crossed. It was said that there was much difficulty maintaining the lock located at the Genesee River due to the sandy soil there. There are no lock remnants remaining along this route today. The only lock feature remaining is what used to be the guard gate at Oatka Creek which was later converted to become the feeder gate to supply water into the later constructed Genesee Valley Canal which used parts of the Scottsville & Genesee River Canal where possible.
At this location or slightly north or to the left in this photo view along the Greenway Trail the canal took a turn as you can see on the map and headed east towards the river. The distance from the guard gates on Oatka Creek to the point where the canal turned to the right was said to be 100 rods. A rod is a unit of measure equal to 16.5 feet. If you pace the distance from the George Bridge northward along the Greenway Trail a distance of 1,650 feet you will be just a bit past this point in the photograph heading northward.
