The following are various views of locks along the canal

Ottawa Station (Locks #1-7)

Old Sly Station (Locks #12)

Smith Falls Station (Locks #28-31)

After passing through Edmnds lock 25, we come to the outskirts of the town of Smith Falls and the locks 28 to 31, called Old Sly. Then we travel through locks 28 to 31, which takes us up 36 feet through other center of town.

Sly Rapids, Smith Falls (Locks #26-27)

Brewer's Upper Mills (Lock #20)

Brewer's Lower Mills (Lock #21)

Clowes Station

Edmunds Station

Jones Falls Station

Poonamalie (Lock #32)

Continuing our trip down the Rideau Canal, we come to Poonamalie lock 32, so names for its distinctive stand of cedar trees, which reminded the Royal Engineers of similar places they had seen in far away India.

Narrows Station (Lock #35)

Newboro Station (Lock #36)

Chaffey's Station (Lock #37)

We are standing on the marshland below Chaffrey's lock 27, looking north. This lock connects Newboro Lake with Opinicon Lake.

This is another extremely beautiful lock on the Rideau system. It has always been a favourite for both Canadian an American fishermen and tourists.

The famous Opinicon Hotel is situated to the right above the lock. From here it is only a short trip south to Davis lock.

Davis Station (Lock #38)

Kingston Mills Station (Locks #46-49)

Standing on the lawn of the lockmaster's house we look north towards the single lock as the "Rideau King" makes ready to descend through locks 46 to 49 of the canal system. We see the blockhouse to the right of the lock and one of the swing bridges on the upper left.

The ground falls away steeply to the right of the lock and the lock basin and the lock walls are double thickness in this section. Through the trees, on the right side of the painting, you can see the Kingston Mills which were built on the banks of the Cataraqui River.

Once through these locks, it is only a short distance to the south end of the Rideau Canal, where it joins the St. Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario.

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