Tour Overview
Hey kids!
Get ready for an awesome adventure with the Parks Canada Xplorers mobile activity! It's perfect for kids aged 6-12 and a fantastic way for the whole family to have fun at the Rideau Canal National Historic Site.
Includes:
- Cool maps
- New activities
- Fun facts
- and more!
Let's make some great memories together!
For adults, please read
This is a group activity. Each device can only save one set of activity answers. If you have more than one child, we recommend taking turns and doing the activities together. Instructions to reset the answers can be found on the start page.
How to use:
- Xplorers activities can be downloaded in advance and activated when you arrive.
- To enable offline access, download and open Xplorers for the first time while connected to WIFI or a cell network.
- Some special actions in this activity require access to a cellular network but most can be used offline.
Plan ahead:
- The Rideau Canal's 23 lockstations are all accessible by road and by water. You can get there on a boat, in a car, on a bike, or by silly walking.
- There is a GPS map built into the activity, with directions to each of the locks.
- Xplorers activities can be done anywhere along the waterway. Pick a spot and start Xploring!
Stops
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Jones Falls Locks 39-42
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Lock 13 - Black Rapids Lockstation
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Lock 18 - Lower Nicholsons
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Lock 19 - Upper Nicholsons
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Lock 20 - Clowes
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Lock 24 - Kilmarnock
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Lock 25 - Edmonds
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Lock 31 - Smiths Falls Detached
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Lock 32 - Poonamalie Lockstation
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Lock 33 - Lower Beveridges
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Lock 34 - Upper Beveridges
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Lock 35 - Narrows
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Lock 37 - Chaffeys
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Lock 38 - Davis
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Lock 45 - Lower Brewers
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Locks 11-12 - Hogs Back
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Locks 14-16 - Long Island
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Locks 17 - Burritts Rapids Lockstation
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Locks 21-23 Merrickville Lockstation
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Locks 26-27 - Old Slys
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Locks 43 - 44 - Upper Brewers
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Locks 46 - 49 - Kingston Mills
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Locks 9 -10 - Hartwells
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Rideau River Lockhouse
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Smith’s Falls Combined Lock 29a
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Lock 36 - Newboro
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Ottawa Locks 1-8
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Enlist
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Try it out
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Hartwells locks
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2 - Overflow
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3 - Combined Lockstation
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4 - Modern Lock
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5 - Old Lock
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1 - Bridge - Ottawa locks
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2 - Lock gate
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4 - Celtic Cross
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5 - Colonel By Statue
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6 - Bytown Museum
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Check it out
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Go investigate