GL: Rideau Waterway

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Joe Pica of the Great Harbour N37 Carolyn Ann wrote on Trawlers & 
Trawlering List:
>While a lot of work getting through the upper section,  the lower section
>from Smith Falls to Kingston is magical.  The portion from Ottawa after the
>great Ottawa flight and a city visit is to be endured to get to the lower
>section.

Having enjoyed the Smiths Falls-to-Kingston portion of the Rideau 
Waterway. I must concur and highly recommend the Rideau to anyone. 
It's a special place on the planet, witness the UNESCO World Heritage 
Site designation.

We're going back in the fall, specifically to cruise the 
Ottawa-to-Smiths Falls portion. Despite what Joe says, I'm betting it 
will be a delight, too, because of all the attractions in Ottawa, the 
flight of eight locks between the Parliament Buildings and the 
Chateau Laurier, and the appealing village of Merrickville.

If time permits, we hope to cover all three sides of the Canadian 
Triangle: Kingston to Montreal on the St. Lawrence River, Montreal to 
Ottawa on the Ottawa River, and the Rideau from Ottawa to Kingston.

By the by, at TrawlerCrawler.net, there's a forum dedicated to the 
Canadian Triangle: http://tinyurl.com/cdntriangle

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
   TomCat 24 At Last!
   Frenchman's Bay, Lake Ontario
   http://tomcat-tales.blogspot.com