We departed Dow's Lake Pavillion at 8:00 a.m. and arrived at Lac
Leamy Casino Marina at 12:00 noon.
Our route took us through the 8 locks in beatiful downtown Ottawa, a mile
east on the Ottawa River, north through the Gatineau River and west into the Lac Leamy cut.
Total locks for the day: 8
Total miles travelled for the day: 5.5 miles
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| Approaching Dow's Lake on the Ottawa Canal |
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| Dow's Lake - pavilion around the bend on the left. |
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| Exhibition grounds at Landsdown Park |
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| Pretoria Bridge in Ottawa. |
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| Approaching Ottawa Locks in downtown Ottawa. |
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| Chateau Laurier watching over the locks in downtown Ottawa. |
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| Tourists learning and watching the boats descend. We get to go into the lock next! |
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| At the top - the lock master makes his way to starboard to open the sluice to begin our descent. |
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| Descending the first lock in a series of 8 locks in downtown Ottawa. |
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| Entering the 8th and final lock until we proceed onto the Ottawa River. |
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| Parliament Hill, Ottawa - view from the Ottawa River. Oh Canada.... |
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| The Museum of Civilization on the Ottawa River. |
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| Trademark fountain at the Lac Leamy Casino. |
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| The casino building at Lac Leamy. |
* * * * * * * * * * * * Monday August
25, 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Day 7 - Lac Leamy Casino to St. Anne de Bellevue
We departed Lac Leamy Casino Marina at 7:30 a.m. and arrived at St.
Anne de Bellevue at 4:30 p.m.
Our route took us through the Carillon Lock - the biggest drop of all the
locks we will encounter this trip - 41 feet in a single lock. We continued down stream into Lac de Deux Montagnes through
the St. Anne de Bellevue lock where we spent the night.
Total locks for the day: 2
Total miles travelled for the day: 99 miles
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| Entering the Carillon Lock. |
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| Two Rodes Aweigh docked inside the Carillon Lock, waiting to descend. |
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| Two Rodes Aweigh during the descent. (Notice the stairs on the far right from the photo above) |
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| The gate opening in Carillon Lock. |
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| Looking back at the Carillon Lock. |
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| Mary and Betty talking at St Anne de Bellevue Lock. |
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| Enjoying the evening in St Anne de Bellevue. |
* * * * * * * * * * * * Tuesday August
26, 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Day 8 - St. Anne de Bellevue to the Old Port of Montreal
We departed St. Anne de Bellevue at 8:40 a.m. and arrived at the Old
Port of Montreal at 3:30 p.m.
Our route took us through Lac St. Louis into the St Lawrence River and then
through the Seaway Canal and the locks at St Catherine and St Lambert to our destination in the Old Port of Montreal.
Total locks for the day: 2
Total miles travelled for the day: 31 miles
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| Two Rodes Aweigh dwarfed by a laker on the St Lawrence Seaway Canal. |
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| Leaving St Catherine Lock on the St Lawrence Seaway |
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| Approaching the St Lambert lock on the St Lawrence Seaway |
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| Approaching the Old Port of Montreal. |
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| Approaching the Yacht Club de Montreal where we docked. |
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| The harbour looking out onto the St Lawrence River |
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| The iconic clock tower marking the entrance to the old port. |
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| Architecture of the old port. |
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| Shopping on a side street in the old port. |
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| The main strip in the old port - pedestrian traffic only - no cars allowed. |
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| Horse and buggy rides offered along the waterway in the old port. |
* * * * * * * * * * * * Wednesday August
27, 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Day 9 - Old Port of Montreal
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| The clock tower at night. View from our dock. |
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| Evening at the Yacht Club de Montreal. |
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| Enjoying the Montreal skyline before we retire for the night. |
* * * * * * * * * * * * Thursday August
28, 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Day 10 - Old Port of Montreal to St. Ours Lock
We departed the Old Port of Montreal at 8:15 a.m. and arrived at St
Ours Lock at 1:40 p.m.
Our route took us down the St Lawrence River to Sorel where we proceeded
south onto the Richelieu River and through the lock at St Ours.
Total locks for the day: 1
Total miles travelled for the day: 51 miles
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| Two Rodes Aweigh leaving the old port and heading downstream to Sorel. |
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| A laker unloading at the Port of Montreal. |
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| A working tug docked on the Richelieu Canal as we enter Sorel. |
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| Passing a monastery situated on the bank in Sorel. |
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| St Ours Lock floating dock - the only way to lock. |
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To date, we have travelled from August 19th to August 28th a total of:
- 40 hours and 50 minutes travel time
- 268 Miles
- 34 Locks
- Started at 404 Feet above sea level and decended 33 locks to sea level and climbed 5 feet above sea level
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