Rideau River (northern entrance)
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Rideau River (northern entrance) is on the Rideau Canal (Main Line) between York and Salisbury.
The Act of Parliament for the Rideau Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Newport and Eastworth Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for manure traffic to Fife were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Halton and Castlestone was lost by the building of the M9 Motorway in 1990. "Travels of The Perseverence" by Cecil Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Macclesfield Inclined plane.
| Dow's Lake | 1.94 miles | |
| Hartwells Lock Nos 9 and 10 | 1.29 miles | |
| Heron Road Bridges | 0.60 miles | |
| Hog's Back Lock Nos 11 and 12 | 0.15 miles | |
| Hog's Back Bridge No 4 | 0.12 miles | |
| Rideau River (northern entrance) | ||
| CNR High Level Bridge | 1.79 miles | |
| Hunt Club Bridge | 2.68 miles | |
| Black Rapids Lock No 13 | 3.66 miles | |
| Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge | 7.64 miles | |
| Long Island Lock Nos 14, 15 and 16 | 9.10 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Rideau River
The Rideau River (French: Rivière Rideau; Ojibwe: Pasapkedjinawong) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 kilometres (91 mi).
As explained in a writing by Samuel de Champlain in 1613, the river was given the name "Rideau" (curtain) because of the appearance of the Rideau Falls. The Anishinàbemowin name for the river is "Pasapkedjinawong", meaning "the river that passes between the rocks."
The Rideau Canal, which allows travel from Ottawa to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario, was formed by joining the Rideau River with the Cataraqui River. The river diverges from the Canal at Hog's Back Falls in Ottawa.
In early spring, to reduce flooding on the lower section of the river, workers from the city of Ottawa use ice blasting to clear the ice which covers the river from Billings Bridge to Rideau Falls by cutting "keys" through the ice and using explosives to break off large sheets of ice. This practice has been going on for more than 100 years.
The regulatory authority charged with protecting the Rideau River and its tributaries is the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
