Our first full day on the Trent-Severn Waterway. We have now completed 4 locks. The waterway is 240 miles (386 km) long and runs from the NE corner of Lake Ontario to the SE corner of the Greorgian Bay. It is made up of a series of canals, lakes and rivers. 45 locks, including a railcar and 2 liftlocks, 150 dams and 30 miles of man-made canals. Work was started in 1830, but the final link was not completed until 1930. By that time its commercial value was not there. Railroads were now the dominant means of transportation. The waterway will lift us from 577' (176m) above sea level to 840' (256m) before dropping us off at 243' (74m) at Lake Ontario. What a marvel of engineering completed a hundred & more years ago! The Waterway is now run by the friendly & helpfull staff from Parks Canada. ( www.pc.ca/trent )The trip on the Waterway should take us about 6 days. Tonight we'll be spending the night in the City of Orillia, Ont.
What beautiful pictures! So glad you are blogging all of this and doing so well. Arie has one question, "Are they fishing all along the way?" Looking forward to seeing more of your trip. Hope everything continues to go well! --Kelly DH
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