The Rideau Canal & #24 Parks Canada Forest Walk In Ottawa

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The Rideau Canal is a 202 kilometre long[1] canal that links the #Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at #Kingston, #Ontario, #Canada. Its 46 locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres upstream along the #Rideau River to the Rideau #Lakes, and from there drop 50 metres downstream along the Cataraqui River to Kingston
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The construction of the canal was supervised by Lieutenant-Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers. Private contractors such as future sugar refining entrepreneur John Redpath, Thomas McKay, Robert Drummond, Thomas Phillips, Andrew White[15] and others were responsible for much of the construction, and the majority of the actual work was done by thousands of Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian labourers. Colonel John By decided to create a slackwater canal system[16] instead of constructing new channels. This was a better approach as it required fewer workers, was more cost effective, and would have been easier to build.[17]

The lock at Lower Brewers nearing completion in 1831, by Thomas Burrowes
The canal work started in the fall of 1826, and it was completed by the spring of 1832. The first full steamboat transit of the canal was made by Robert Drummond's steamboat, Rideau (aka "Pumper"), leaving Kingston on May 22, 1832, with Colonel By and family on board, and arriving in Bytown on May 29, 1832.

The final cost of the canal's construction was £822,804 when all the costs, including land acquisition, were accounted for (January 1834). Because of the unexpected cost overruns, John By was recalled to London and was retired; he received no accolades or recognition for his tremendous accomplishment

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