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Rideau Canal (Main Line)

 
 

The Act of Parliament for the Rideau Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Newport and Eastworth Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for manure traffic to Fife were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Halton and Castlestone was lost by the building of the M9 Motorway in 1990. "Travels of The Perseverence" by Cecil Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Macclesfield Inclined plane.

Information about the waterway

The Rideau Canal (Main Line) is a broad canal and is part of the Rideau Canal. It runs for 125.60 miles through 45 locks from Rideau Canal Entrance (Ottawa) (where it joins the Ottawa River) to Rideau Canal Entrance (Kingston) (where it joins the Rideau Canal (Western Approach Route)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Rideau Canal (Tay Canal) at Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction.

Rideau Canal Entrance (Ottawa)
Ottawa Lock Flight
A staircase of 8 locks in front of the Parliament Building		 0.40 miles 0 locks
Plaza Bridge
An 80yd (73m) 		0.54 miles 8 locks
Mackenzie King Bridge 0.76 miles 8 locks
Laurier Avenue Bridge 0.89 miles 8 locks
Corktown Footbridge 1.19 miles 8 locks
Queensway Bridge (Highway 417) 1.82 miles 8 locks
Hawthorne Avenue Bridge No 1 1.88 miles 8 locks
Bank Street Bridge 3.05 miles 8 locks
Bronson Avenue Bridge 3.70 miles 8 locks
Dow's Lake 3.90 miles 8 locks
Hartwells Lock Nos 9 and 10 4.55 miles 8 locks
Heron Road Bridges 5.24 miles 10 locks
Hog's Back Lock Nos 11 and 12 5.69 miles 10 locks
Hog's Back Bridge No 4 5.73 miles 12 locks
Rideau River (northern entrance) 5.84 miles 12 locks
CNR High Level Bridge 7.63 miles 12 locks
Hunt Club Bridge 8.52 miles 12 locks
Black Rapids Lock No 13 9.50 miles 12 locks
Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge 13.48 miles 13 locks
Long Island Lock Nos 14, 15 and 16 14.94 miles 13 locks
Manotick High Level Bridge 16.85 miles 16 locks
Kars High Level Bridge 22.79 miles 16 locks
Highway 416 High Level Bridge 28.90 miles 16 locks
Rideau - Kemptville Junction
Junction of the Rideau Canal with the Kemptville Creek		 30.98 miles 16 locks
Beckett's Landing Bridge 32.51 miles 16 locks
Burritts Rapids Lock No 17 40.17 miles 16 locks
Burritts Rapids Bridge No 9 40.72 miles 17 locks
Lower Nicholsons Lock No 18 42.95 miles 17 locks
Upper Nicholsons Lock No 19 43.24 miles 18 locks
Clowes Lock No 20 43.72 miles 19 locks
Merrickville C.P.R. Bridge 45.66 miles 20 locks
Merrickville Lock No 21 46.03 miles 20 locks
Merrickville Lock No 22 46.11 miles 21 locks
County Road 43 Bridge 46.20 miles 22 locks
Merrickville Lock No 23 46.22 miles 22 locks
Kilmarnock Lock No 24 51.88 miles 23 locks
Edmonds Lock No 25 54.84 miles 24 locks
Old Slys Lock Nos 26 and 27 56.47 miles 25 locks
Old Slys Bridge No 15 56.51 miles 27 locks
Beckwith Street Bridge 57.41 miles 27 locks
Smiths Falls Lock No 29A
Smiths Falls Combined Lock (formerly Locks 28-30) and site of the Rideau Canal Museum		 57.43 miles 27 locks
Abbot Street Bridge No 19 57.76 miles 28 locks
Smiths Falls Detached Lock No 31 57.80 miles 28 locks
C.N.R. Bascule Bridge 57.90 miles 29 locks
Poonamalie Lock No 32 59.36 miles 29 locks
Lower Rideau Lake (northern entrance) 60 miles 30 locks
Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction
Junction of the Lower Rideau Lake with the Tay Canal 		63.35 miles 30 locks
Lower Rideau Lake (southern entrance) 64.96 miles 30 locks
Rideau Ferry Road Bridge No 26 65.34 miles 30 locks
Big Rideau Lake (northern entrance) 65.85 miles 30 locks
Big Rideau Lake (southern entrance) 78.82 miles 30 locks
Narrows Lock No 35 79.52 miles 30 locks
The Narrows Bridge No 27 79.54 miles 31 locks
Upper Rideau Lake (northeastern entrance) 80.27 miles 31 locks
Upper Rideau Lake (southern entrance) 83.62 miles 31 locks
Newboro High Level Bridge 84.28 miles 31 locks
Newboro Lock No 36 84.59 miles 31 locks
Newboro Lake (northern entrance) 84.73 miles 32 locks
Goat Island 87.45 miles 32 locks
Elbow Channel (northern entrance) 87.62 miles 32 locks
Elbow Channel (southern entrance) 87.82 miles 32 locks
Clear Lake (northwestern entrance) 87.88 miles 32 locks
Clear Lake (southeastern entrance) 88.47 miles 32 locks
Indian Lake (northeastern entrance) 88.61 miles 32 locks
Indian Lake (southern entrance) 89.93 miles 32 locks
Ferry Bridge (Cataraqui Trail) 90.06 miles 32 locks
Chaffeys Lock No 37 90.35 miles 32 locks
Murphys Bay (northeastern entrance) 90.71 miles 33 locks
Opinicon Lake (northern entrance)
Also the southern entrance to Murphys Bay		 91.26 miles 33 locks
Opinicon Lake (eastern entrance) 92.08 miles 33 locks
Davis Lock No 38
Davis Lock is known as a “solitude lock,” one of the most remote locks on the Rideau. 		92.46 miles 33 locks
Sand Lake (western entrance) 92.99 miles 34 locks
Sand Lake (eastern entrance) 95.36 miles 34 locks
The Quarters 95.63 miles 34 locks
Officers Quarters Bridge 95.83 miles 34 locks
Jones Falls Lock No 39 96.29 miles 34 locks
Jones Falls Lock Nos 40, 41 and 42 96.42 miles 35 locks
Whitefish Lake (northern entrance) 96.60 miles 38 locks
Whitefish Lake (southern entrance) 99.54 miles 38 locks
Murphys Narrows (northern entrance) 99.70 miles 38 locks
Murphys Narrows (southern entrance) 101.16 miles 38 locks
Little Cranberry Lake (northeastern entrance) 101.29 miles 38 locks
Brass Point Bridge No 36
Junction of the Little Cranberry Lake and Cranberry Lake		 103.61 miles 38 locks
Court of the Duke Cut Entrance 106.88 miles 38 locks
Upper Brewers Lock Nos 43 and 44 108 miles 38 locks
Sunbury Road Bridge 108.33 miles 40 locks
Lower Brewers Bridge No 39 109.91 miles 40 locks
Lower Brewers Lock No 45 109.93 miles 40 locks
Colonel By Lake (northern entrance) 117.72 miles 41 locks
Colonel By Lake (southern entrance) 119.75 miles 41 locks
Kingston Mills Lock No 46 119.88 miles 41 locks
Kingston Mills Lock Nos 47, 48 and 49 119.98 miles 42 locks
Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Bridge 120.66 miles 45 locks
Kingston La Salle Causeway Bascule Bridge 124.72 miles 45 locks
Rideau Canal Entrance (Kingston) 125.60 miles 45 locks
 
 
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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 [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 [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 [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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