CANADA ~ Kingston Mill Locks - Rideau Canal - Ottowa - UNESCO ~

... Great aerial view of Kingston the southern mouth of the Rideau Canal...  Kingston Mills is one of 24 lockstations on the Rideau Canal and it serves as the first set of locks... originally designed as a system for naval trade and military supply... Kingston Mills features a lovely set of three locks, a turning basin, and a detached upper lock... a popular destination to see a working lockstation... you can access the locks by foot every season, but the boating season runs from May until October... it offers a location for picnicking, fishing, swimming, walking, and rock climbing... a recreational paradise... The Rideau is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America and living history... every year, 90,000 boats pass through its locks...Thanks a lot Andrene!! \_(♥‿♥)_/

In 1784, the British Government built a saw mill and a grist mill at this location, the first fall of water up the Cataraqui River, in order to help the new settlers in the fledgling Loyalist settlement of Kingston. By 1826, the grist mill (the second in this location) had gone out of use but a saw mill (the third in this location) was still operating.

Rideau Canal Facts:
- The canal is 202 kilometres long, from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario and was built between 1826 and 1832
- The construction of the Canal was supervised by Lieutenant-Colonel John By.
- It includes lakes, rivers, locks, and 29 km of canal "cuts"
- There are 45 locks at 24 lockstations. only 2 are electrically operated.
- Canal staff operate the others manually.
- Navigable depth is a minimum of 1.5m. Boats up to 27.4m long and 7.9m wide can use the locks.
- The average time to fill a lock with water is about five minutes.
- The average time to pass through a lock is 15 minutes.
- The locks raise boats until they reach Newboro, the highest point in the system.
- The northern canal has a drainage area of 3740 km² the southern section, 910 km².

The Rideau Canal was designated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO’s World Heritage in 2007.

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