There was a lot of free time to fill during the pandemic. For some this meant new hobbies, eating, watching Netflix as a sport, shopping online and so many other things. For me it meant coming up with ideas I would never have. While browsing the internet on an exceptionally uneventful evening during the Covid-19 pandemic in the fall of 2021 I came across information about the locks along the Rideau Canal. I learnt that there were 45 locks and 23 lock stations along the Rideau Canal between Kingston and Ottawa. I though that was really interesting. Even more interesting was that I could probably drive to each one of them within a day. That’s when I decided I was going to visit the Rideau Canal Locks one lock station at a time, get a picture and make a calendar of all the locks / lock stations along the Rideau Canal. I didn’t have much time before the first snowfall, but I managed to get to most of the locks. I still have a couple of lock stations at the Kingston end of the canal to get to.
Starting at the end of the Rideau Canal Lock System in Ottawa and going upwards towards Kingston, which I have yet to get a picture of, we have the following locks / lock stations:
Rideau Canal Lock Stations:
References
History of the Rideau Lock Stations, URL: http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/
Rideau Canal, Unesco, World Heritage Convention, URL: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1221/
Rideau Canal National Historic Site, Parks Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history
Colonel By and the Construction of the Rideau Canal, The Canadian Encyclopedia, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/building-the-rideau-canal-feature
Rideau Canal, URL: https://www.visitrideaucanal.com/plan-your-visit
Lockstations, Rideau Canal National History Site World Historic Site, URL: http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/index.html
Rideau Canal Lockstations, Evan Sepa, URL: http://evansepa.com/rideau-info/alt/
Rideau Canal, Wikipedia, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rideau_Canal
Rideau Canal, Britannica, URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rideau-Canal
Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada, Canada’s Historic Places, URL: https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5727&pid=0
Boating the Historic Rideau Canal, National Parks Traveller, URL: https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/06/boating-historic-rideau-canal
Rideau Canal, Ottawa Locks, blodts.net, URL: https://www.boldts.net/rideaucanal/1-8/
Pat’s Boating in Canada, Rideau Waterways Facts, Pat’s Boating in Canada, URL: https://boating.ncf.ca/rideaufacts.html
How a Lock Works, Some Interesting Lock Facts, Friends of the Rideau, URL: http://www.rideaufriends.com/lockworks/lock-facts.html
Rideau Canal Lock Stations, Rideau Lakes Directory, URL: https://www.rideaulakesdirectory.ca/rideau-canal-lock-stations.html
Charming Rideau Canal Towns – A Scenic Road Trip to Ottawa, Avrex Travel, URL: https://avrextravel.com/road-trip-ottawa/
Rideau Canal National Historic Site, Parks Canada, URL: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/visit/heures-hours
Ottawa Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/01-08-ottawa.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/activ/sentier-trail/ottawa
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h01-08-ottawa.html
https://ottawatourism.ca/en/ottawa-insider/best-ways-experience-rideau-canal-ottawa
Black rapids Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/13-blackrapids.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1d
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=2833770
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h13-blackrapids.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/blackrapids
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h13-blackrapids.html
http://www.historicalcarpentry.com/black-rapids-locks—unesco-world-heritage-site.html
http://www.parkscanadahistory.com/publications/rideau/shv/black-rapids-landscape-2017.pdf
https://www.hometownnews.ca/tag/black-rapids-and-lower-nicholsons-wharves/
Long Island Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/14-16-longisland.html
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/ontario/long-island-locks
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1e
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h14-16-longisland.html
Burritts Rapids locks
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/activ/sentier-trail/burrittsrapids
Nicholoson Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/19-uppernicholsons.html
https://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/view/nicholsons-locks–vicinity
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/nicholsons
Clowes locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/20-clowes.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/clowes
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=2833766
https://www.kingston2ottawa.com/lockclowes
Merrickville Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/21-23-merrickville.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1i
https://www.waterwayguide.com/lock/5-193/locks-21-22-23-merrickville
Kilmarnock Locks
https://www.waterwayguide.com/lock/5-192/lock-24-kilmarnock
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/kilmarnock
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1796491053718814
https://www.waterwayguide.com/lock/5-192/lock-24-kilmarnock
Edmonds Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/25-edmonds.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1k
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/edmonds
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1967650383269546
https://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/ca1512c_5-edmunds-lock-nautical-chart.html
Old Slys Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/26-27-oldslys.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1l
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=2833762
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old%20Slys%20Locks/119180554890158/
https://vitacollections.ca/smithsfallsdigitalarchive/3730914/data
Smith Falls Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/29a-smithsfallscombined.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/smithsfalls
https://vitacollections.ca/smithsfallsdigitalarchive/3726721/data
http://evansepa.com/rideau-info/alt/
Poonamalie Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/32-poonamalie.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/histoire-history/histoire-decluse-lock-history/poonamalie
https://trailertrawlerlife.com/poonamalie-lock/
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h32-poonamalie.html
Beveridges Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/33-lowerbeveridges.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1p
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/ontario/rt-beveridges-locks-blue-trail
https://www.raccc.ca/resources/trip-report/2065-tay-canal-to-beveridges-locks
https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7099565/beveridges-locks-trail
Narrows Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/35-narrows.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/docs/r/on/rideau/whl-lhm/chap2/chap2A1/chap2A1r
https://www.facebook.com/NarrowsLockRVing/
Newboro Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/lo
https://www.rideaulakes.ca/experience/general-info/our-villages/newboro
Chaffeys Locks
https://www.rideaulakes.ca/experience/general-info/our-villages/chaffey-s-lock
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/locks/37-chaffeys.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5765058882/
https://ontarionaturetrails.com/city-town/chaffeys-lock/
Davis Locks
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h38-davis.html
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/activ/camping/maison-house/maison-davis-house
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=2837398
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