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| Lock Dimensions (1) | 41 metres/134 feet long by 10 metres/33 feet wide |
| Available Water Depth (2) | 1.5 metres/5.0 feet (minimum) |
| Minimum Bridge Clearance (3) | 6.7 metres/22.0 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) See "How the Locks Are Counted" below |
| Total Distance (Kingston - Ottawa) (4) | 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 (5) | 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) |
(1) This is the full length of the lock from the point of the upper sill to the point of the lower sill. The lock is actually 124 feet (37.8 m) long in the chamber, measured from the point of the lower sill to the face of the breastwork. The lower gates require 13 feet (4.0 m) of room for their swing, so a vessel must be less than 111 feet (33.8 m) long. Since the walls of the lock slope inwards, the internal width at the lower navigation water level in the locks is 31.5 feet (9.6 m).
(2) Normally the locks are maintained with a draught of 1.7 metres
(5.5 feet). However even the 5 foot minimum is subject to water availability and all vessels with a draught of over 1.2 metres (4 feet) should contact the Rideau Canal Office prior to traversing the canal.
(3) This is the minimum fixed bridge clearance on the Rideau Canal proper. On the Tay Canal, the Craig Street fixed bridge, at 2.1 metres/7 feet limits boats going right into downtown Perth (larger boats can tie up at Last Duel Park near downtown).
(4) Distances reflect the Rideau Canal proper. The Tay Canal, which is connected to the Rideau, extends from Lower Rideau Lake to Perth, a distance
of 10.0 kilometres (6.2 miles). Two locks (Beveridges #33 & Beveridges #34)
raise boats a total of 7.0 metres (22.9 feet) into the Tay Canal.
(5) The Canal used to allow boats with a length of 33.5 metres
(110 feet) and a width of 9.1 metres (30 feet) width to traverse
the system. If your vessel is less than these dimensions, but greater
than the maximum shown in the chart, contact the Rideau Canal Office
.
The minimum fixed bridge clearance on the Rideau Canal is 6.7 metres (22 feet).
km (miles) | metres (feet) | metres (feet) | Launch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0) | Ottawa River, Ottawa | level=40.8m (134 ft) | |||
| 0 (0) | Ottawa Locks #1-8 (in flight) | 24.1 (79.1) | 1512 #1 | ||
| 0.3 (0.2) | Bridge - Plaza - Fixed | 7.9 (25.6) | |||
| 0.6 (0.4) | Bridge - Mackenzie King - Fixed | 8.2 (26.6) | |||
| 0.9 (0.5) | Bridge - Laurier Ave - Fixed | 8.2 (26.6) | |||
| 1.6 (1.0) | Bridge - Foot Bridge - Fixed | 8.2 (26.6) | |||
| 2.4 (1.5) | Bridge - Queensway - Fixed | 7.1 (23) | |||
| 2.6 (1.6) | Bridge 1 - Pretoria Ave - Vertical Lift | 3 (10) closed - 7 (22.7) open | |||
| 4.5 (2.8) | Bridge - Bank St. - Fixed | 8.8 (28.5) | |||
| 5.5 (3.4) | Bridge - Bronson Ave - Fixed | 6.7 (22.0) | |||
| 6.7 (4.2) | Hartwells Locks #9-10 (in flight) | 6.5 (21.5) | |||
| 8.2 (5.1) | Bridge - Heron Rd - Fixed | 8.5 (27.6) | |||
| 8.4 (5.2) | Hogs Back Locks #11-12 (1 lift, 1 guard) | 4.2 (13.8) | X | ||
| 8.4 (5.2) | Bridge 4 - Hogs Back - Swing | 2.9 (9.4) | |||
| 11.9 (7.4) | Bridge - CNR High Level - Fixed | 9.5 (30.8) | |||
| 13.5 (8.4) | Bridge - Hunt Club - Fixed | >16.0 (>50) | |||
| 15.0 (9.3) | Black Rapids Lock #13 | 2.9 (9.5) | |||
| 16.0 (10.0) | Park - Echo Lands | X | |||
| 23.3 (14.5) | Long Island Locks #14-16 (in flight) | 7.6 (24.9) | 1512 #2 | ||
| 23.5 (14.6) | Bridge - Long Island - Swing | 1.1 (3.6) | |||
| 25.9 (16.1) | Manotic Public Wharf | X | |||
| 26.0 (16.2) | Bridge - Manotick High Level - Fixed | 6.7 (22) | |||
| 36.5 (22.7) | Bridge - Kars High Level - Fixed | 6.7 (22) | |||
| 37.4 (23.3) | Kars Public Wharf | X | |||
| 39.9 (24.8) | Park - W.A. Taylor Conservation Area | X | |||
| 44.6 (27.7) | Park - Baxter Conservation Area | ||||
| 46.7 (29.0) | Bridge - Hwy 416 High Level - Fixed | 6.7 (22) | |||
| 49.9 (31.0) | Channel to Kemptville** | 3.4 (11)** | |||
| 50.9 (31.6) | Park - Rideau River Provincial | X | |||
| 52.1 (32.4) | Bridge - Beckett's High Level - Fixed | 6.7 (22.0) | |||
| 64.0 (39.8) | Burritts Rapids Lock #17 | 3.2 (10.5) | 1512 #3 | ||
| 65.1 (40.5) | Bridge 9 - Burritts Rapids - Swing | 3.2 (10.4) | |||
| 69.4 (43.1) | Lower Nicholsons Lock #18 | 2.0 (6.5) | |||
| 69.7 (43.3) | Upper Nicholsons Lock #19 | 2.3 (7.6) | |||
| 69.7 (43.3) | Bridge 10 - Upper Nicholsons - Swing | 3.6 (11.7) | |||
| 70.5 (43.8) | Clowes Lock #20 | 2.3 (7.6) | |||
| 73.2 (45.5) | Bridge - Merrickville - C.P.R. - Fixed | 11.9 (39) | |||
| 73.8 (45.9) | Merrickville Lock #21 | 2.6 (8.7) | |||
| 74.0 (46.0) | Merrickville Lock #22 | 3.0 (10) | |||
| 74.2 (46.1) | Merrickville Lock #23 | 2.0 (6.2) | |||
| 74.2 (46.1) | Bridge 11 - Merrickville - Swing | 2.9 (9.5) | |||
| 74.7 (46.4) | Lion's Park - Merrickville | X | |||
| 86.7 (53.9) | Kilmarnock Lock #24 | 0.7 (2.3) | |||
| 86.7 (53.9) | Bridge 13 - Kilmarnock - Swing | 2.9 (9.5) | |||
| 92.7 (57.6) | Edmonds Lock #25 | 2.8 (9.2) | X | ||
| 95.4 (59.3) | Bridge - C.P.R. Railway - Fixed | 9.1 (30) | |||
| 95.4 (59.3) | Old Slys Locks #26-27 (in flight) | 4.9 (16.1) | |||
| 95.6 (59.4) | Bridge 15 - Olds Slys - Swing | 2.2 (7.1) | |||
| 96.8 (60.2) | Bridge - Beckwith Street - Fixed | 7.9 (26) | |||
| 96.8 (60.2) | Smiths Falls Combined Lock #29a | 7.6 (25.6) | Replaces old locks 28-30 | ||
| 97.0 (60.3) | Victoria Park - Smiths Falls | ||||
| 97.4 (60.5) | Bridge 19 - Abbot Street - Swing | 1.9 (6.2) | |||
| 97.4 (60.5) | Smiths Falls Detached Lock #31 | 2.6 (8.5) | X | ||
| 97.5 (60.6) | Bridge - C.N.R. - Bascule | Permanently open | |||
| 102.2 (62.8) | Poonamalie Lock #32 | 2.2 (7.2) | 1513 #1 | X | |
| 103.0 (64.0) | Entrance to Lower Rideau Lake | ||||
| 107.5 (66.8) | Diversion to Tay Canal | To Perth = Tay Canal = 10.0 km | |||
| 110.4 (68.6) | Tay Canal Entrance - Lower Rideau Lake | ||||
| Tay 0.3 (0.2) | Lower Beveridges Lock #33 (Tay Canal) | 3.6 (12) | X | ||
| Tay 0.5 (0.3) | Bridge - Beveridges - Fixed | 6.7 (22) | |||
| Tay 0.9 (0.6) | Upper Beveridges Lock #34 (Tay Canal) | 3.3 (10.9) | |||
| Tay 9.2 (5.7) | Last Duel Park, Wharf - Perth | ||||
| Tay 9.3 (5.8) | Bridge - Craig Street, Perth - Fixed | 2.1 (7) | |||
| Tay 9.8 (6.1) | Bridge - Beckwith Street, Perth - Swing | 1.6 (5.2) | |||
| Tay 9.8 (6.1) | Bridge - Drummond Street, Perth - Fixed | 2.9 (9.5) | |||
| Tay 10.0 (6.2) | Perth Basin - Public Wharf | ||||
| Tay 10.1 (6.3) | Bridge - Gore Street, Perth - Fixed | 2.7 (9) | |||
| 110.6 (68.7) | Rideau Ferry Yacht Club Conservation Area | X | |||
| 111.5 (69.3) | Public Dock, Oliver's Landing, Rideau Ferry | ||||
| 111.7 (69.4) | Bridge 26 - Rideau Ferry - Fixed | 8.0 (26.0) | |||
| 119.4 (74.2) | Park - Murphy's Point Provincial Park | X | |||
| 123.1 (76.5) | Diversion to Portland | 1513 #2 | |||
| 126.8 (78.8) | Colonel By Island (Livingston Island) | ||||
| 133.6 (83.0) | Portland Public Wharf | ||||
| 133.6 (83.0) | Park - John McKenzie, Portland | X | |||
| 132.4 (82.3) | Narrows Lock #35 | 0.8 (2.6) | |||
| 132.4 (82.3) | Bridge 27 - The Narrows - Swing | 1.2 (3.9) | |||
| 133.9 (83.2) | Diversion to Westport | 1513 #2,3 | |||
| 140.8 (87.5) | Westport Public Wharf | ||||
| 140.2 (87.1) | Bridge - Newboro High Level - Fixed | 8.2 (27) | |||
| 140.8 (87.5) | Newboro Lock #36 | 2.7 (8.9) | |||
| 140.7 (87.4) | Newboro Public Wharf | X | |||
| 146.0 (90.7) | Ferry - cable (auto/foot) | 1513 #3 | |||
| 148.2 (92.1) | Bridge - C.N.R. High Level - Fixed | 9.1 (29.5) | |||
| 148.7 (92.4) | Chaffeys Lock #37 | 3.4 (11.2) | X | ||
| 148.7 (92.4) | Bridge 30 - Chaffeys - Swing | 1.8 (5.9) | |||
| 152.0 (94.5) | Davis Lock #38 | 2.7 (8.9) | |||
| 158.4 (98.4) | Bridge - Officers Quarters - Fixed | 7.0 (22.7) | |||
| 159.0 (98.8) | Jones Falls Lock #39 | 4.2 (13.7) | 1513 #4 | ||
| 159.2 (98.9) | Jones Falls Locks #40-42, in flight | 13.2 (43.4) | |||
| 161.4 (100.3) | Diversion to Morton | ||||
| 165.6 (102.9) | Morton Dam | ||||
| 166.2 (103.3) | Diversion to Seeley's Bay | ||||
| 167.2 (103.9) | Seeley's Bay Public Wharf | X | |||
| 170.0 (105.6) | Bridge 36 - Brass Point - Swing | 1.2 (3.9) | |||
| 176.5 (109.7) | Upper Brewers Locks #43-44 (in flight) | 5.9 (19.4) | |||
| 177.0 (110.0) | Bridge - Sunbury Rd. - Fixed | 6.7 (22.0) | |||
| 179.3 (111.4) | Bridge 39 - Lower Brewers - Swing | 1.3 (4.2) | |||
| 179.3 (111.4) | Lower Brewers (Washburn) Lock #45 | 4.0 (13.1) | |||
| 195.0 (121.2) | Bridge 41 - Kingston Mills - Swing | 2.3 (7.5) | |||
| 195.2 (121.3) | Kingston Mills Lock #46 | 3.0 (9.8) | |||
| 195.2 (121.3) | Kingston Mills Locks #47-49 (in flight) | 10.7 (35.2) | |||
| 195.2 (121.3) | Bridge - C.N.R. High Level - Fixed | 8.2 (26.6) | |||
| 196.0 (121.8) | Bridge - Hwy 401 - Fixed | 6.7 (22.0) | |||
| 202.1 (125.6) | Kingston Lasalle Causeway*** | 4.3 (14)*** | |||
| 202.1 (125.6) | Kingston Lasalle Causeway - Bascule Lift Bridge*** | 0.6 (2.0)*** | |||
| Lake Ontario | elevation: 74m (242.8 ft) |
* Additional boat launch ramps can be found at private marinas.
** Kemptville Creek is shallow; Kemptville bridge clearance 2.1
m (6.8 ft)
*** Small craft under 4.3 m (14 ft) vertical clearance may pass
through La Salle Causeway by using boat channels at its eastern
end.
| Lockstation | Number of Vessel Passages |
Origin | |||||||||
| Ontario | Québec | US | |||||||||
| 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||
| Ottawa | 1421 | 1730 | 521 | 591 | 818 | 1023 | 82 | 116 | |||
| Hogs Back | 2001 | 2419 | 1018 | 1338 | 859 | 919 | 124 | 147 | |||
| Black Rapids | 2052 | 2546 | 1218 | 1500 | 702 | 897 | 127 | 103 | |||
| Clowes | 2322 | 2709 | 1569 | 1776 | 607 | 768 | 129 | 149 | |||
| Merrickville | 2172 | 2521 | 1381 | 1593 | 647 | 736 | 144 | 191 | |||
| Smiths Falls Combined | 2199 | 2662 | 1451 | 1750 | 569 | 700 | 174 | 205 | |||
| Narrows | 6142 | 6835 | 4968 | 5511 | 708 | 829 | 455 | 477 | |||
| Newboro | 5412 | 6526 | 4144 | 4839 | 574 | 766 | 688 | 921 | |||
| Chaffeys | 4776 | 5561 | 3789 | 4175 | 482 | 629 | 495 | 757 | |||
| Davis | 4737 | 5392 | 3692 | 4191 | 465 | 508 | 580 | 691 | |||
| Jones Falls | 2599 | 3057 | 1738 | 1953 | 493 | 646 | 368 | 458 | |||
| Kingston Mills | 2345 | 2838 | 1492 | 1645 | 439 | 635 | 401 | 539 | |||
| TOTALS (all locks) | 69,529 | 81,380 | 47,538 | 53,813 | 14,524 | 18,076 | 7,287 | 9,320 | |||
In total during 2008, 68.4% of the boats were from Ontario, 20.9% from Québec, 10.5% from the United States and 0.3% "Other".
Interestingly more U.S. boaters passed through the busy southern locks (Newboro, Chaffeys, Davis) than passed through the Kingston Mills locks, an indication of today's popularity of trailer boating.
Moorings increased by 2.8% in 2008, with 10,893 moorings compared to 10,598 in 2007.
