OLDEST-- Operating Canal in North-America - Ottawa, Ontario
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The Rideau Canal, opened in 1832 between Ottawa and Kinston, Ontario is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America.
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/21/2011
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The Rideau Canal is the oldest continuously operated canal in North America. The locks work today much as they did when first opened in 1832. Back then, the Rideau was a wilderness of lakes, rivers and swamps. In the middle of this wilderness, with many men dying from malaria, an engineering marvel was created, the Rideau Canal.
The Rideau Canal is a chain of beautiful lakes, rivers and canal cuts. Winding its way through varying landscapes, it stretches a distance of 202 km from Kingston, at the head of Lake Ontario, to Ottawa, Canada's capital city.
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In 1925, the Rideau Canal was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada and in 2007, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.