Rideau Waterway

by Legget, Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780802065919
• ISBN10: 0802065910
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Since the publication of the first edition in 1955, Rideau Waterway has informed and delighted readers, among them historians, engineers, and vacationers. First revised in 1972, this classic guide has once again been brought up to date in a new edition.

Author Biography

Robert Legget was also the author of Ottawa Waterway: Gateway to a Continent (1975) .He was the first Director of the Division of Building Research of the National Research Council of Canada from 1947 until his retirement in 1969.

Table of Contents

Preface
Rideau Waterway	p. 3
The Setting	p. 8
Why the Canal Was Built	p. 21
Building the Canal	p. 34
Financial Worries	p. 59
John By, Soldier and Administrator	p. 71
Down the Years	p. 88
Cruising the Canal: Kingston to Chaffeys Lock	p. 113
Cruising the Rideau Lakes: Chaffeys Lock to Poonamalie	p. 141
Down the Rideau: Poonamalie to Ottawa	p. 171
The Canal in Ottawa: Hog's Back to the Ottawa River	p. 213
Bytown and Ottawa	p. 250
App. A: References	p. 275
The Superintending Engineers and Superintendents	p. 280
Information, Charts, and Maps	p. 282
Fishing on the Rideau Waterway	p. 286
Table of Mileages, Lifts, and Clearances	p. 289
Note on the 1986 edition	p. 293
Acknowledgments from the 1955 edition	p. 295
Index	p. 299
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