GLIN==> Press release: Byron Gale joins legislators, founder in Great Lakes Seaway Trail Hall of Fame

PRESS RELEASE: July 7, 2009
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000
 
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Hall of Fame Inducts Byron Gale
 
Sackets Harbor, NY -  For only the fourth time since 2000, Seaway Trail,
Inc. and the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Foundation have inducted an individual
into its Great Lakes Seaway Trail Hall of Fame. Byron C. Gale of
Harrisville, NY, was honored at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery
Center in Sackets Harbor, NY on Tuesday, July 7th with Seaway Trail board
and business members, staff, community members, friends and family present.

Gale joins the late Dr. Vincent J. Dee, Sr., the late New York State
Assemblyman Matthew J. Murphy of Western New York, and former State Senator
Douglas H. Barclay in the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Hall of Fame that
recognizes dedication and deeds on behalf of the nonprofit organizations
promoting travel and tourism and learning-based education along New York¹s
freshwater shoreline.

Following the death of Seaway Trail founder Dr. Vincent J. Dee, Sr. in 1995,
Gale embraced the challenge of leading Seaway Trail, Inc. Through 2001, he
provided visionary leadership and business saavy to complete the dream of a
permanent headquarters for the Great Lakes Seaway Trail.

Gale¹s tourism and business experience as executive director of the St
Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce -- and his knowledge of all of New York
State¹s travel industry -- served the Seaway Trail, Incorporation well as it
steadily built its membership and support base across 11 counties spanning
518 miles.

³Byron is a firm believer in the strength of byway as the vehicle for
attracting visitors to every county along the byway. He was always ready and
willing to trek to Albany to advocate for state funding on behalf of the
byway region¹s tourism industry that contributes to the economies of 88
communities,² said current Seaway Trail, Inc. Chairman and Pulaski
businessman Charles Krupke.

After five years as President of the Seaway Trail, Incorporation, Byron took
on the role of Seaway Trail Foundation Chairman and provided the
professional and personal leadership that helped make the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail Discovery Center a reality. The Center, with three floors and nine
rooms of interpretive and interactive exhibits, is housed in the historic
limestone Union Hotel (1817) owned by the New York State Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation.

Byron stepped down from the Seaway Trail Foundation Chairmanship without any
fanfare in 2001 happy to have completed the tasks left to him by a respected
colleague and friend.

To learn more about the 518-mile byway that parallels the St. Lawrence
River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River, and Lake Erie shoreline in New York and
Pennsylvania, go online to www.seawaytrail.com or call 1-800-SEAWAY-T. #


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