The canal boat David Sprague Crandall boarded was bound for Buffalo, at the western end of the canal.
"Just as we made the light of S. Pendleton Clark's grocery the ever rolling banks of Townawanda Creek bearing sou'west by south half south & a little southerly we were struck abaft of the main hatch by a squall from the cook's baby.
"The captain was equal to the emergency and immediately gave orders to club-haul the boat, take a double reef in the overboard and pray for daylight. The squall was short, sharp and uneventful, so that we made with cheerful alacrity," Crandall recorded in his journal.
Not sure what sort of storm they encountered here.
--Cooter
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