Ottawa Panoramas - Ottawa Stock Photography - Ottawa Virtual Reality Tours - Ottawa Tourism Photos | |
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Ottawa Locks Rideau Canal virtual tour in QuickTime and FLASH | ||
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Visit the University of California at Berkeley - World Wide Panorama - World Heritage - June 2004 | ||
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The Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal; a National Historic Site of Canada, a Canadian Heritage River and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consists of a series of beautiful lakes and rivers connected by canals. It stretches from Kingston, at the foot of Lake Ontario, to Ottawa, Canada's capital. The Rideau Canal Waterway, which links the lakes and rivers between Ottawa and Kingston, is the oldest continuously operated canal in North America. The locks are operated today much as they were when first opened in 1832. Each lock is unique and the lock staff are always ready to offer the tourist any assistance they can. Most locks provide washrooms, overnight mooring and picnic facilities, including tables, benches and barbecue grills. The Ottawa Locks are the first of 45 locks (24 lockstations) on the 202 kilometre (125 mile) Rideau Canal. The Ottawa Locks are framed by Parliament Hill on one side and the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel on the other. The flight of 8 locks at Ottawa is the largest single set of locks on the entire Rideau system, providing a lift of 24 m (79 ft.). length. The old Commissariat building (the business/supply office used during the building of the Rideau Canal), the oldest surviving building in Ottawa, now houses the Bytown Museum.
Ottawa Locks Statistics Lock Dimensions: 41 metres/134 feet long by 10 metres/33 feet wide Available Water Depth: 1.5 metres/5.0 feet (minimum) Total Locks (Kingston - Ottawa): 45 (47 including the 2 locks on the Tay Canal) Total Lockstations: 23 (24 including Beveridges on the Tay Canal) Total Distance (Kingston - Ottawa): 202 kilometres/125.6 miles Total Distance of Artificial Channels: 19 kilometres/12 miles Lift - ascending Ottawa to Upper Rideau Lake:83.8 metres/275 feet (in 31 locks) Lift - descending Upper Rideau to Kingston: 50.6 metres/166.2 feet (in 14 locks) Maximum Size of Vessel: 27.4 m/90 ft. length, 7.9m/26 ft. width, 6.7m/22ft height Transit Time (one way): 4 to 6 days Maximum Depth of Water: 100.3 metres (329 feet) | ||||
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