Smiths Falls Detached Lock No 31
Address is taken from a point 1028 yards away.
Smiths Falls Detached Lock No 31 is one of a long flight of locks on the Rideau Canal (Main Line) and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway.
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.

This is a lock with a rise of 8 feet.
| Old Slys Lock Nos 26 and 27 | 1.33 miles | |
| Old Slys Bridge No 15 | 1.29 miles | |
| Beckwith Street Bridge | 0.39 miles | |
| Smiths Falls Lock No 29A | 0.37 miles | |
| Abbot Street Bridge No 19 | 0.04 miles | |
| Smiths Falls Detached Lock No 31 | ||
| C.N.R. Bascule Bridge | 0.10 miles | |
| Poonamalie Lock No 32 | 1.56 miles | |
| Lower Rideau Lake (northern entrance) | 2.20 miles | |
| Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction | 5.55 miles | |
| Lower Rideau Lake (southern entrance) | 7.16 miles | |
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