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Burritts Rapids 1840
Burritt's Rapids; ca. 1840s
John Burrows, watercolour
(Archives of Ontario - from Passfield, 1982)

This painting shows the lock, leading to the artificial channel on the left, with the high level bridge over the channel seen in the distance. The original channel of the Rideau River is below the embankment on the right.

Read about the history of this lockstation


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