Hartwells Locks, Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: 
elyob
N 45° 23.060 W 075° 42.000
18T E 445199 N 5025884
The locks are across from Carleton University.
Waymark Code: WMWTP9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/12/2017
Views: 7
Hartwells Locks are locks 9 and 10 on the Rideau Canal. This is the location of the first lockmaster's house above Bytown, now known as Ottawa. Designed in the 1830s as a safe commercial and military transportation corridor avoiding the United States border, the Rideau Canal is now a historic site, host to recreational boaters. Above these locks and to the west, there is space for barges. To the east, there is a waste weir to a drainage basin now under the university. In the off season when empty of water, Hartwells is used as a dry dock.
Waterway Name: Rideau Canal
Connected Points:
links Lake Ontario (Kingston) with the Ottawa River
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 01/01/1832
Elevation Difference (meters): 7.00
Site Status: Operational
Web Site: [Web Link]
Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed
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