Kingston Mills & Kingston Marina July 13 - 14

This was the last set of locks heading south on the Rideau Canal. They were at Kingston Mills and yes originally there was a mill there. This was a flight of three with one separate lock just before these for a total of four. The bridge at the top of this picture is an railroad bridge (one of the busiest in Canada) carrying passenger and freight trains. One of the trains that went by is in the next picture.

Tied up at Park Canada mooring below the Kingston Mills Locks. We spent the night there by ourselves. Once all the boats passed by it was very quiet. Plus it gave me a chance to walk back to the locks and see the equipment.

We have now completed all 44 locks of the Rideau Canal. Our next stop will be Kingston, Ontario at the junction of the St. Lawrence, Cataraqui River, and Lake Ontario.

British Colonel By who directed the building of the Rideau Canal system also recommended and supervised the construction of a series of blockhouses to protect the canal from those dangerous Americans. Four were eventually constructed. This is one of them and it sits next to the canal. Troops could be moved there in the event of an attack.

Interesting picture of water overflowing the lock gate. This isn't normal but sometimes it may happen on a flight of locks when they are moving a lot of water down.

I had decided that the boat prop needed to be repaired. I thought that the vibration was more than normal and the blade damage might hurt efficiency. So after some calls I found a place to pull the boat out of the water and a shop that said they could fix the prop. (Note, that I talked to two dive business about pulling the prop in the water and they both said that due to Canadian Government regulations on divers they must have a supervisor and line handler on the scene along with the diver. So quotes were $200 just to show up and probably at least $1600 just to pull it off and another $1600 to put it back on. There you have what happens with government regulations run amuck. )

The crane lifting us back into the water after the prop was repaired. In by 9:00 out by 5:00, sounds like a dry cleaner. We ended up staying there at the Kingston Marina that night and they gave us the spot for free, although the 15 amp breaker circuit they gave me kept tripping.