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Rideau Canal

Early plans for the Rideau Canal between Newcorn and Tendring were proposed by William Jessop but languished until Nicholas Parker was appointed as managing director in 1876. The 7 mile section between Walsall and Nantwich was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wolverhampton. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by George Edwards, there is no evidence that Barry Yates ever navigated Poleton Aqueduct in a bathtub for a bet

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The Rideau Canal is part of the Waterways of North America and is made up of the Rideau Canal (Western Approach Route), the Rideau Canal (Main Line) and the Rideau Canal (Tay Canal).

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The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario. It is 202 kilometres long. The name Rideau, French for "curtain", is derived from the curtain-like appearance of the Rideau River's twin waterfalls where they join the Ottawa River. The canal system uses sections of two rivers, the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as well as several lakes. Parks Canada operates the Rideau Canal.

The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States. It remains in use today primarily for pleasure boating, with most of its original structures intact. The locks on the system open for navigation in mid-May and close in mid-October. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America, and in 2007 it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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[Ottawa] British authorities were immediately constructing the northerly end of the Rideau Canal military project at that location. The following year, the town was named [Rideau River] rocks." The Rideau Canal, which allows travel from Ottawa to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario, was formed by joining the Rideau River with [Rideau Lakes, Ontario] Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 [List of bridges in Ottawa] from west to east for the Ottawa River or North to South for the Rideau River and Canal. Bridges spanning the Ottawa River from west to east: OCRR railway [Upper Canada] Bytown (now Ottawa), then southwest via the canal to Kingston and out into Lake Ontario. Because the Rideau Canal was easier to navigate than the St. Lawrence [Corktown Footbridge] Bridge, is a footbridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada built across the Rideau Canal. The 70-metre bridge is located about 400m south of the Laurier Avenue [Bytown] Bytown was located where the Rideau Canal meets the Ottawa River and consisted of two parts centered around the canal, Upper Town and Lower Town. Upper [Rideau Centre] Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders on Rideau Street, the ByWard Market, the Rideau Canal, the Mackenzie King Bridge, and Nicholas Street in [Winterlude] one of the four Winterlude sites. The focal point of Winterlude is the Rideau Canal Skateway which at 7.8 kilometres (approximately 5 miles) is the largest

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