Rideau Canal

Site Name: Rideau Canal
Description: Built for the British government by Lieutenant-Colonel John By as a defensive work in the event of war with the United States, the still-functioning canal is the best preserved example of a 19th-century slack water canal in North America, with most of its original structures intact; a World Heritage Site and a unique historic landmark in the central core of Ottawa
Date: 1837 (completed)
Location: Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario
Region: Central Canada
Geolocation : 45.42583, -75.69722
Designated: 1925




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