KYC on Lake Ontario was the perfect overnight stop to start NH on her journey into the Rideau Canal. A busy weekend in Kingston meant that Nana and Nandad were unable to secure a slip so they could explore the City of Kingston. No worries they simply decided to start the adventure up the Rideau.
Now if you don’t know anything about the Rideau Canal Nana won’t hold it against you. Although I feel like I have said this before The Rideau Canal is the oldest , continually operating canal in North America. The Rideau Canal’s southern entry is at Kingston and continues for 125 miles to Ottawa. There are 49 locks operated by Parks Canada and using the same technology from 175 years ago - truly amazing. It really is an amazing system and today NH cruised along side Volare through all the locks. An exhausting if not fascinating cruise. NH goes under the Kingston LaSalle Causeway’s eastern span - actual vertical clearance of 17 feet. Her antenna barely scratching the top!!This brings us into the Cataraqui River. What a trip thereafter with very narrow channel’s, wider lakes, rivers, shallow waters, swing bridges, flight locks - sometimes four together - absolute exhaustion at the end of the day. NH docks at Jones Falls after coming through Locks 42-39.
There is definitely a feel of being out in the woods surrounded by history, culture and nature at its best. It takes about 10 days to kayak the canal and the speed limit is 10 mph which for us boaters means no more than 7 knots - no hurry here. Tomorrow we will continue and may make a stop at Westport which is about 5 miles off channel
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