The Narrows

Today we went through six locks (traveling 26 miles) and are now well over halfway (82 of 121 miles) through the Rideau. The brochure says typical travel time is 3-5 days… We are on day 10 🤣. We are now at the Narrows which bisects Big Rideau Lake. We are on the lower lake with power and will need to lock thru in the morning. This lock is quite the party place. Lots of boat and people swimming… The water here is really clear (today’s secchi 2.7 in 3.2M) and the water temp is 77. This lock has one of four Block Houses which were built during the canal construction (1824-32) to defend from an attack of the Americans. The Block House is now the restrooms. Today Moki was the escape artist, jumping off the boat when we arrived. Took 15 minutes to catch him because he did not want to be caught. The princess was an angel…. Mostly.Read more