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Jones Falls Locks 39-42

Lock 13 - Black Rapids Lockstation

Lock 18 - Lower Nicholsons

Lock 19 - Upper Nicholsons

Lock 20 - Clowes

Lock 24 - Kilmarnock

Lock 25 - Edmonds

Lock 31 - Smiths Falls Detached

Lock 32 - Poonamalie Lockstation

Lock 33 - Lower Beveridges

Lock 34 - Upper Beveridges

Lock 35 - Narrows

Lock 37 - Chaffeys

Lock 38 - Davis

Lock 45 - Lower Brewers

Locks 11-12 - Hogs Back

Locks 14-16 - Long Island

Locks 17 - Burritts Rapids Lockstation

Locks 21-23 Merrickville Lockstation

Locks 26-27 - Old Slys

Locks 43 - 44 - Upper Brewers

Locks 46 - 49 - Kingston Mills

Locks 9 -10 - Hartwells

Rideau River Lockhouse

Smith’s Falls Combined Lock 29a

Lock 36 - Newboro

Ottawa Locks 1-8

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Hartwells locks

This spot on the Rideau Canal has two big gates called locks. This is one of the cool places where people dug a path for the water!

2 - Overflow

The river was dammed to create this basin of water.

3 - Combined Lockstation

When the canal was built at Smiths Falls, the original river was blocked by a stone arch dam and a new river channel was built.

4 - Modern Lock

It is 7.9 metres (26 feet). That’s as high as a two-storey house!

5 - Old Lock

These 3 old locks have not been used since the high level road bridge was built in 1974. A new deeper lock was needed for boats to pass under the bridge.

1 - Bridge

This bridge was built to connect the buildings on both sides of the canal.

2 - Lock gate

The locks here are built like a staircase!How many do you see?

4 - Celtic Cross

This Celtic cross is here in memory of the 1000 men and women who died while building the Rideau Canal.

5 - Colonel By Statue

Colonel John By was from England and the engineer who designed the Canal.

6 - Bytown Museum

This is the oldest stone building in all of Ottawa. When the canal was being built, it was used as a storage area for supplies, and offices for the workers.

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The Rideau Canal is a waterway of canals, rivers and lakes. It was built nearly 200 years ago. There are 45 different locks at 23 different lock stations.

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A lock is an elevator for boats! It moves them from one level of water to another.