Rideau Canal

Ontario's Provincial Plaques

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Rideau Canal 1826-1832

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 5, 2004

Photo by Geoff Chalcraft - September 16, 2007

Plaque Location

The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
On the south side of Kingston Mills Road (Road 21) just west of the bridge over the Rideau Canal

Plaque Text

Financed by the British government, on the Duke of Wellington's advice, it was built to provide a secure military route between Upper and Lower Canada. Work was supervised by military engineers commanded by Lieut. Colonel John By whose technical ability and perseverance overcame many obstacles. Many of his Irish emigrant labourers died of a virulent fever. Traversing 203 km of largely unsettled country between Kingston and Bytown (now Ottawa), and including 47 locks, the canal was opened May 24, 1832.

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