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Niagara River – Tonawanda Channel Boat Launch near Tonawanda

Boat ramp · on Niagara River – Tonawanda Channel · near Tonawanda · New York

Invasive species

NYS DEC records brittle naiad (latest 2023), curly-leaf pondweed (latest 2023), Eurasian watermilfoil (latest 2024), European frog-bit (latest 2019), flowering rush (latest 2023), hydrilla (latest 2022), round gobies (latest 2025) and starry stonewort (latest 2023) in the water at this launch. Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

NYS DEC · checked October 18, 2026

Invasive species

Quagga mussels (latest report 1992) and zebra mussels (latest report 1992) reported in Niagara River – Tonawanda Channel 1.0 km from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Car parking
32
Managed by
Local government
Website
dec.ny.gov
Coordinates
43.01649, -78.89190

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This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Buffalo District; the one nearest this launch is of August 4, 2026). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Black Rock Channel · 0.1 mi from this launch
    Condition survey of August 4, 2026 by the Buffalo District. Soundings on the sheet from 14.7 to 31.1 ft below Low Water Datum; the Corps maintains a 21 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

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Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by New York State DEC Boat Launch Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.