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	Rideau Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario.
		Grenville Canal, Chute-à-Blondeau Canal, Carillon Canal, and the Rideau Canal) to defend its territory in the event of such incursions.
		The 202 kilometres (125 miles) of the Rideau Canal incorporate sections of the Rideau River and the Cataraqui River, as well as several lakes including the Lower, Upper and Big Rideau lakes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rideau_Canal (795 words)

	Virtual Tour - Engineering Part 2
		With his earlier experience in canal construction, and record of excellence, John By was the natural choice to undertake the building of the Rideau Canal.
		Continuing our trip down the Rideau Canal, we come to Poonamalie lock 32, so names for its distinctive stand of cedar trees, which reminded the Royal Engineers of similar places they had seen in far away India.
		In 1927, it was transferred to the Department of Railways and Canals, and in 1936, to the Department of Transport.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /bytown/virtual_tour/engineering2.htm (974 words)

	Rideau Canal - Wikitravel
		The Rideau Canal is a historical scenic waterway that connects the towns of Kingston and Ottawa in Ontario, Canada.
		The entry points to the canal are Kingston to the south, from Lake Ontario and the St. Laurent River (elevation 74m), and Ottawa in the north from the Ottawa River (elevation 40m).
		The canal was built by the British after the War of 1812 to provide a secure link between Montreal and Kingston, without passing through American territory.
	wikitravel.org /en/Rideau_Canal (310 words)

	Rideau Canal
		The Rideau Canal was built between 1826 and 1832 under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel John By.
		The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the Ottawa River with Lake Ontario.
		The idea for the CANAL came up during the end of the WAR OF 1812.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=J1ARTJ0006829 (187 words)

	Rideau Canal Waterway, Ontario, Canada
		The Rideau Canal Waterway is a boater's paradise, attracting pleasure boats from across North America to travel its 202 kilometre (125 mile) length.
		The Rideau Canal Waterway, which links the lakes and rivers between Ottawa and Kingston, is the oldest continuously operated canal in North America.
		For more information on the Rideau Canal Skateway ice conditions, call the ice conditions hotline at (613) 239-5234 (24 hour recording) or 1 800 465-1867 or view the skating conditions website (note: this will open a new browser window).
	www.rideau-info.com /canal (636 words)

	Rideau Canal - A Guide to the Heart of Ottawa
		The original purpose of the Rideau Canal was to provide a safe supply route between Montreal and the Great Lakes in case of attack by the United States.
		The canal was one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century requiring the construction of 24 dams and 46 locks.
		The area was a wilderness when the Canal was built -- despite the northern climate, many of the workers died from malaria in the mosquito-infested swamps.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /rideau_canal.html (375 words)

	Articles - Canal
		Irrigation canals are man-made waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of transportation canals used by barges or narrowboats on smaller canals, and by ships on ship canals that connect to the ocean.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
	www.go-trucks.com /articles/Canal (315 words)

	ONTARIO, LAKE - Online Information article about ONTARIO, LAKE
		At Kingston the Rideau canal, extending 128 m.
		Murray canal, opened for traffic on the 14th of April 1890, extends from Presqu'ile bay, on the north of the lake, to the head of the bay of Quinte, and enables vessels to avoid 70 M. of open See also:
		canal locks, which are 270 ft. long, 45 ft. wide and 14 ft. deep.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NUM_ORC/ONTARIO_LAKE.html (1192 words)

	RIDEAU CANAL WORKERS
		May 2002 a committee of interested individuals from various backgrounds was formed to erect a Celtic Cross monument in Ottawa in memory of the estimated 500 labourers who died building the Rideau Canal.
		While much has been written about the Rideau Canal and many people enjoy its great beauty only a comparatively few have pondered on the tragic deaths and great suffering endured by the thousands of mainly Irish and French Canadian labourers, without whom the canal could not have been built.
		Frequent accidents along the length of the Canal mainly effected the thousands of pick and shovel labourers – deaths by the explosives used to blast rock, being swept away in fast flowing water and by being buried while clearing the banks of large trees are all recorded.
	www.ottawalabour.org /rideau__canal_workers.htm (336 words)

	Rideau Canal - Friends of the Rideau
		The Rideau, which extends 202 kilometers from Kingston to Ottawa, is the oldest continuously operated canal in North America with the locks at most of the 24 lockstation still hand-operated, much as they were when the canal first opened in 1832.
		The Rideau Canal Waterway is a popular vacation spot for boating, cruising, recreation, fishing, tourism, Canadian heritage appreciation, and enjoying the outdoors.
		Explore the lore and the lure of the Rideau with this engaging and colourful chronicle, beginning with Champlain’s “guided” visit in 1615, and covering the 1890s to the 21st century.
	rideaufriends.com (999 words)

	Rideau Canal Celtic Cross Committee
		Rideau Canal Celtic Cross unveiling to be held on June 27th OTTAWA- The memorial to the canal workers and their families who died building the Rideau Canal between 1826-32 will be unveiled on June 27th, 2004 at ceremonies beginning at 1:00pm.
		The location of the Monument is along the Rideau Canal - at the first lock- near the Bytown Museum (east side of the Canal).
		Immediately following the Ceremony (approximately 2:00pm) all will be invited on a tour of the Bytown Museum to view displays of the Canal and those who built it.
	www.bytown.net /celticcross.htm (269 words)

	Pat's Boating in Canada: Rideau Canal Waterway
		Kingston Marina and Rideau Marina are smaller marinas on the Rideau canal side of the harbour.
		Canadian Heritate Rivers -local communities nominated the Rideau Canal for the designation and accompanying control for waterfront development and tourism.
		The Rideau Waterway, including the Tay Canal to Perth, became Canada's 26th Heritage River in 2000.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /boating/rideau.html (3092 words)

	Jim Watters - WWP - Rideau Canal
		The Rideau Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada and Canadian Heritage River it is slated to be a World heritage Site in a few years.
		The Rideau Canal joins Kingston and Ottawa Ontario with a series of scenic lakes, rivers, and canals.
		Also see Rideau Falls as it enters the Ottawa river also taken during the Sumer Solstice 2005 version of the WWP event.
	photocreations.ca /wwp2/wwp200406.html (241 words)

	Rideau Canal Boat Tours, Chaffeys Locks, Ontario, Canada
		This is a stretch of the Rideau Canal that includes lakes and almost-impenetrable wilderness that appears to be no different today from the way it was when the canal was built 175 years ago.
		It is probably the best place on the Rideau Canal to learn and feel the waterway's history.
		Building the canal was a monumental feat that is most evident in the rugged terrain between Chaffeys Lock and Jones Falls.
	home.istar.ca /~boattour/article-ottawacitizen.html (816 words)

	Rideau Canal - Ottawa - Reviews of Rideau Canal - TripAdvisor
		"The Rideau Canal and the..." VirtualTourist.com, Aug 24, 2002
		The Rideau Canal, transformed each December into a five-mile skateway, is the winter highlight of Canada's capital city.
		One of the oldest landmarks in Ottawa, this canal is filled with boats in the summer and becomes the "World's Longest Skating Rink" in the winter.
	tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g155004-d155445-Reviews-Rideau_Canal... (552 words)

	Rideau Canal
		Rideau Canal Skateway confirmed as largest naturally frozen ice rink in the world by Guinness World Records.
		Rideau Canal Skateway Confirmed as Largest Naturally Frozen Ice Rink in the World by Guinness World Records.
		Ottawa-- Ottawa's Rideau Canal is well known as a skating rink, but many may not know that it is the graveyard of hundreds of Irish immigrants who died there, as well as thousands who were injured while working to build it between 1826 and 1832.(Short Notes) (Catholic Insight)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0841866.html (286 words)

	Home Page
		Canals and their locks, aqueducts and other "works of art" (as the canal engineers called them) are the ancient castles of the New World.
		The American Canal Society's on going projects include a national inventory of American canals and canal sites, a series of regional canal guides and other publications, and committees focusing on canal boat design and construction, canal parks, canal engineering and maintenance, and navigable canal boating and restoration.
		AMERICAN CANALS, the society's illustrated quarterly, is an internationally distributed periodical covering canal news, history, activities, and practical information from America and around the world.
	www.americancanals.org (754 words)

	Rideau Canal
		This is on the Rideau River, not the canal!
		This section of the canal passes through the heart of Ottawa- with bike paths and parkland on each side, for several miles.
		Since we are in the first week of the canals season they only operate on a short schedule, until 4:00PM.
	plsntcov.8m.com /Albin/Rideau/RideauLeg1.htm (515 words)

	Beliefs
		By the time of the building of the Rideau Canal in the late 1820s, Wright's Town was a thriving community, boasting many impressive stone houses, several mills, a foundry, a 3 storey store-house, a hotel and St. James Anglican church.
		The building of the Rideau Canal greatly improved commerce in the area, and by the 1830s a village known as Halladay's Corners had built up, and was linked by road with Jones Falls.
		Within the Rideau region however life continued to be nomadic, consisting of seasonal rounds of the region for hunting, fishing and gathering of plant foods.
	www.uuottawa.com /river_history.htm (6520 words)

	MSN Encarta - Rideau Canal
		Rideau Canal, south-eastern Ontario, connecting Lake Ontario at Kingston to the Ottawa River at Ottawa.
		The canal, built by the British between 1826...
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	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570438/Rideau_Canal.html (62 words)

	Rideau Canal -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A canal may be dug to drain low areas, to float away sewage, to bring water to dry farmlands, or to carry water from storage places, such as reservoirs, to city water-supply systems.
		Canals in The Netherlands as well as in other countries provide both drainage from the lowlands and transportation (see Netherlands, The).
		The Bosphorus Canal is a dividing point between Asia and Europe, as well as an beautiful and effective causeway for the entire area of Instanbul.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063625 (904 words)

	Ottawa's Beloved Rideau Canal (1 of 2) - Ottawa, Canada Travel Guide - BootsnAll.com
		Such is the case with the Rideau Canal, the waterway that's now the "crown jewel" of Canada's capital.
		In the fall rowing clubs use the canal for practice, and the biggest charity event is the Terry Fox Run for cancer research.
		My wife Myrtle and I have enjoyed the canal and its activities for over 20 years, and will soon get a whole new perspective on it, when we take a hot-air balloon ride over the city to celebrate her 75th birthday.
	www.bootsnall.com /namericatravelguides/ottawa/nov02ottawa.shtml (917 words)

	Township of Rideau Lakes, Heritage - Rideau Canal
		Upper Rideau Lake is the highest gem in the Rideau Canal necklace.
		The historic and cultural charms of the Rideau Canal and its surroundings form a rich cultural landscape that complements the great variety of its natural resources.
		The history of the Township of Rideau Lakes has been profoundly influenced by the presence of the Rideau Canal.
	www.twprideaulakes.on.ca /heritage/rideaucanal.html (355 words)

	Rideau Canal Trip 2002
		This year we took the Lady Jane for a 2 week cruise up the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada.
		The passes are good for any 6 days on the canal, they don't have to be consecutive, which is nice if you want to stay at dock for a few days.
		As we started up the Rideau, I was pleasantly surprised to see the extent of the channel markers.
	www.geocities.com /ronlord/Rideau2002.html (3992 words)

	Township of Rideau Lakes - Heritage of the Township
		The LACAC is a Standing Committee of the Council of the Township of Rideau Lakes.
		The wards and communities of the Township of Rideau Lakes have a rich heritage.
		Township of Rideau Lakes - Heritage of the Township
	www.twprideaulakes.on.ca /heritage/index.html (430 words)

	Index
		Located on Clear Lake between Chaffey's Lock and Newboro Lock, Clear Lake is just one of the seven lakes accessible on this level of the 126 mile long Rideau Canal Waterway. There are wonderful opportunities for boating, swimming, water sports, and fishing for large and small mouth bass, pike, lake trout, splake, and pan fish.
	www.lloydscottages.com (55 words)

	Canals
		Susquehanna Canal, and a Delaware and Schuylkill Canal.
		Seneca and Cauga lakes to the Erie Canal.
		Swamp Canal is enlarged to permit the passage of flatboats.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/Canals.html (7512 words)

	The Rideau Trail Association Home Page
		During the ice-skating season, Tuesday evening skating outings are held on the Rideau Canal (conditions permitting).
		No part of the Rideau Trail itself is owned by the Rideau Trail Association; the continuity of the trail is made possible by the generous permission of both private and public landowners and is enhanced by the existence of a special fund called the Rideau Trail Preservation Fund.
		The Rideau Trail Association is a non-profit organization and a founding member of Hike Ontario.
	www.rideautrail.org (483 words)

	Friends of the Rideau - Rideau Reflections Newsletter - Summer 2005
		We’re lucky that the Rideau Canal has been continuously operated since it first opened in 1832 since this has helped to maintain the canal structures, many of which are still very close to their original 1832 state.
		Doug Stewart, Superintendent of the Rideau Canal, and Pam Buell, Communications Manager, who did much of the work in putting together the nomination documents, will be at the AGM to make presentations about World Heritage and to answer any questions that you might have.
		The actual boundaries of the Rideau Canal portion of the site will be the lands owned by the Government of Canada, including all the waters of the Rideau up to the regulated high water mark.
	www.rideaufriends.com /reflections-summer2005.html (2636 words)

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