TRIP 6 PHOTOS PART 2

One of the cruise ships traveling from Ottawa to the Thousand Islands



The Carillon Lock on the Ottawa River



Tucked in behind a beautiful home was this old canal, off the Ottawa River



Angela in front of Le Chateau Montebello



The main dining room at Montebello



Note the totem behind us, small stage in Montebello dining room



The main building at Montebello was shaped like a six-sided star



Rideau Falls, into the Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario



The City of Hull, Quebec, across the river from Ottawa, Ontario



Take a tour, by land and by water



The eight locks in flight from the Ottawa River to the Rideau Canal



These locks were built in 1832



Dennis on the port side of ILLUSIONS, locking up



Louise, ready to place a rope under the black cable



Locking through took about 2 hours and raised us 80 feet



The Parliament buildings were on the other side of the locks



Note the people observing the locking process



The Chateau Laurier, which was on our port side ascending the locks



David, Louise, and Dennis



Angela, dressed to go see Ottawa



Ottawa was beautiful



We tied up to the wall above the eight flight locks



We enjoyed touring Ottawa



The Parliament buildings just west of the canal



Changing of the Guard, main Parliament building



Note more parliament buildings west of the main building



The Guard led a parade through the streets



Angela and Ottawa were very pretty



Angela especially liked this building



The eight locks were just to the right of the photo



The top of the Rideau Canal locks are just beyond the bridge



We could walk to major points from our overnight tie-up



Lock through on the left; spend the night on the wall straight ahead



We promised to put these friendly lockmasters on the world-wide web!



We saw a number of beautiful, classical wooden boats



We saw beautiful homes along the Rideau Canal



This was another fine home



Hammocks were very popular along the canal



Two more classical wooden boats



Hand-operated swing bridge



The water was smooth as glass



Hand-operated lock in idyllic setting



Dam, waterfalls, and rapids adjacent to the lock



Our new friends in the (fast) wooden boat



Stan was our 11-year-old guide to the Village of Merricksville



Typical manmade channel to the next lock



A must stop at Smith Falls, Ontario



Three locks, 28, 29, and 30, were bypassed by a new hydraulic lock, 29A



A beautiful park, near the Rideau Canal Museum, Smith Falls



Typical narrow channel between islands



The clear water exposed the rocks below the surface



The rocks sometimes stuck out into the channel



The rocks were impressive and potentially dangerous



This lake was called Clear Lake



This wooden boat was from Florida



Cute "No Wake" sign



170-year-old circular dam at Jones Falls



M/V ILLUSIONS and other boats waiting at Jones Falls



Up the hill is the house where Colonel By lived while building the Rideau Canal



The entrance to Morton Bay (left of center is the channel)



Morton Bay was secluded and beautiful



Another view of Morton Bay



This spot was near our anchorage in Morton Bay



Leaving Morton Bay (the channel is right of center)



The last locks, at Kingston Mills



The original channel beside the Kingston Mills locks



Looking back at the last lock before Kingston, Ontario



Rock climbing was popular in that area



Kingston, Ontario, formerly the capital of Canada



The City Hall had the tall dome and attractive park and grounds