Nicholsons Weir and Dam

The Nicholsons weir and dam occupy a location at the south end of the channel for the Lower and Upper Nicholsons lockstations. It lies south of Andrewsville Road between Heritage Drive and Burritts Rapids Road.

Danger
Open Dam
Barrage overt

DANGER
Barrage devant
Accès interdit

DANGER
Dam Upstream
Keep Out

DANGER
Keep Out Access Beyond This Point May Result in Drowning

 The wooden platform goes across the Nicholsons weir, a small waste water control dam. The sign occupies the side of the machinery used for adjusting the number of squared logs in the weir. In the distance you can see the Clowes Lockstation dam.

The Upper Nicholsons swing bridge and lock appear much closer here than they actually are, as I took this picture at the full 200 mm setting of my camera's lens.

You can see the squared logs stacked all the way to the top here. In the early spring the logs would be stowed and the heavy run off from melting ice and snow would pour unrestricted through this opening.

Just a short distance upstream from the Nicholsons Weir and Dam, Clowes Lockstation provides the next stop in the journey upstream in the Rideau Canal system.