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| I photographed this view of the Ottawa Lock Station from the Alexandra Bridge. |
This page serves to organize all the posts in this blog that are related to the Rideau Canal.
Right now I am visiting and photographing the lock stations on the canal, as well as associated features of the canal that are not part of a lock station. These are mainly moveable bridges. There are, as well, memorials to lock workers, sites related to Colonel By, and plaques about the canal and aspects of the canal.
I will likely begin publishing posts on the lock stations and related features in 2020. I will be using this page to preview what I have photographed and to link to all the posts on this blog site related to the Rideau Canal. This page will evolve and change as I progress with this.
The Lock Stations
I will be adding links to the posts for these stations as I publish them. These are listed in order from Ottawa to Kingston Mills. The Beveridges lock stations are part of the Tay Canal system but the locks there were built to the same specifications as the Rideau Canal locks and the Tay Canal is administered by Parks Canada as well, so it will be included.
Ottawa
Hartwells
Hogs Back
Black Rapids
Long Island
Burritts Rapids
Lower Nicholsons
Upper Nicholsons
Clowes
Merrickville
Kilmarnock
Edmonds
Old Slys
Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls Detached
Chaffeys
Davis
Jones Falls
Upper Brewers
Lower Brewers
Kingston Mills
Rideau Canal Visitor Centre, Smiths Falls
Common Sign
The sign shown below and its text, shown with it, is common to most of the lockstations.
Proudly bringing you Canada at its best!
Parks Canada welcomes visitors from around the globe to one of the world's largest and most diverse park systems, featuring some of Canada's most important natural and cultural treasures. In this family of special places, there are national parks, national marine conservation areas, national historic sites and historic canals. At this time, twelve world heritage sites are designated in Canada, of which eight include in whole or in part, Parks Canada managed properties.
Canada's national historic canals vary from single locks to complex systems of interconnected locks, channels and natural waterways. The canals trace the routes of exploration, defence, commerce and transportation which helped shape Canada. Today they are extensive cultural and natural heritage corridors that preserve natural beauty and rich heritage and connect Canadians with their history.
Nine historic canals are maintained and operated by Parks Canada. Cape Breton Island's salt-water heart, Bras d'Or Lake, is reached through Nova Scotia's St. Peters Canal. Five canals in Québec bypass the shallows and rapids of historic lifelines of early Canada; the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Richelieu rivers. Ontario's Trent-Severn Waterway and Rideau Canal weave passages through the province's interior lakes and rivers, and the Sault Ste. Marie Canal completed an all-Canadian Great Lakes navigation system.
When you visit Parks Canada national parks and national historic sites, you can be confident you will bring home many wonderful memories of exciting and enriching experiences.
CANADA'S NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Tout ce que le Canada a de plus beau à offrir!
Parcs Canada souhaite la bienvenue aux visiteurs du monde entier à son réseau. l'un des plus vastes et des plus diversifiés de la planète, et les invite à admirer quelques-uns de ses plus imporatnts trésors naturels et culturels. Ce réseau compte des parcs nationaux, des aires marines nationales de conservation, des lieux historiques nationaux et des canaux historiques. En outre, douze des sites du patrimoine mondial sont situés au Canada et huit d'entre eux renferment en tout ou en partie des sites administrés par Parcs Canada.
Les canaux historiques de Parcs Canada sont diversifiés : écluses individuelles, réseaux complexes d'écluses interreliées, chenaux et voies d'eau naturelles. Les canaux sont les voies d'exporation, de défense, de négoce et de transport qui ont permis de façonner le Canada. Aujourd'hui, ce sont d'importants corridors naturels et culturels qui préservent la beauté de la nature de même qu'un riche patrimoine et qui rattachent les Canadiens à leur histoire.
Parcs Canada entretient et exploite neuf canaux historiques. Le canal de St. Peters en Nouvelle-Écosse consuit au Bras d'Or, étendue d'eau salée au cœur de L'île du Cap-Breton. Au Québec, cinq canaux permettent de contourner les eaux peu profondes et les rapides des cours d'eau qui ont marqué les débuts de notre pays, à savoir : le fleuve Saint-Laurent, la rivière des Outaouais et la rivière Richelieu. La voie navigable Trent-Severn et le canal Rideau en Ontario donnent accès aux lacs et aux rivières de l'interieur de la province. Quant au canal de Sault Ste. Marie, il a été le point final du réseau de navigation canadien des Grands Lacs.
Soyez assuré qu'une visite aux parcs nationaux et aux lieux historiques nantionaux de Parcs Canada sera riche en souvenirs et en expériences passionnantes et stimulantes.
LES PARCS NATIONAUX ET LES HISTORIQUES NATIONAUX DU CANADA
3 Canals on the Ottawa River in Québec
The Rideau Canal's construction would allow boat traffic from the St. Lawrence River and Montreal to travel to Ottawa and then travel on the Rideau Canal to Kingston. However, at the time of the Rideau Canal's construction, the Ottawa River between Montreal and Ottawa was not navigable. Three Canals built on the Québec shore made the Ottawa River Navigable and fulfilled the Rideau Canal's purpose.
Those canals are on my agenda to photograph, which I will do when I have finished photographing all the Rideau Canal's lockstations. They are located at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Carillon and Grenville in Québec. Although I have photographed the Grenville Canal, I did so as an addendum to the plaque located at the stie. When I go back I will pay more attention to the canal itself.
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal
Carillon Canal
Grenville Canal
Canal Related Posts
B
Burritts Rapids Weir and Dam
C
Canal Stones
Canal Workers Memorial
Canal Workers Memorial Revisited
Chaffey's Lock Cemetery & Memorial Wall
Corktown Footbridge
D
F
G
J
James Melville Armstrong Bench
John By Memorial
L
Lieutenant Colonel John By Fountain
Lieutenant-Colonel John By Memorial
Lieutenant-Colonel John By Memorial Revisited
M
Major's Hill Park Canal Commemoration
Manotick Dam
McGuigan Cemetery
McGuigan Cemetery Remembrance Plaque
O
Ordnance and Engineers Building Remnants
P
Poonamalie Defensible Lockmaster's House
R
Rideau Canal Opening Commemoration
Rideau Canal Plaque
Rideau Canal Promenade Early Ottawa Plaques
Rideau Canal Skateway Plaque
Rideau Waterway Plaque, Smiths Falls, The
Twin Canals Commemorative Plaque