7/21/15 – 7/24/15        Trent Severn Waterway to Campbellford, Ontario.

7/21/15                        Trent Severn Waterway thru Lock 7 - Glen Ross

The Trent Severn Waterway is a 240 mile combination of canals and locks connecting numerous lakes and rivers. There are 44 locks of which the first 35 locks will take us from 243 feet above sea level to 840 feet above sea level and then the last 9 will take us back down to 576 feet above sea level. As you can see by the below map, the waterway meanders through the Ontario countryside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of the folks who work the locks on this waterway are college students. That may have something to do with the fact that many of these lock are opened and closed manually. The gates at each end must be opened/closed using the below turnstyles at each end of the lock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some sites along the way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our destination for the night was just passed Lock 7 in a little town called Glen Ross. Our dinner destination was Richard and  Donna’s Variety Store where we purchased some great Ice Cream.

 

This is us tied to the outside lock wall for the night. We don’t need A/C here at night. The evenings get nice and cool.

 

7/22/15 – 7/24/15        Campbellford, Ontario

Here come our friends Alex and Sharon on Moon Glow who stopped after Lock 6 last night. They appear to have picked up a third boat. That would be Mark and Vickie on Blue Willow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are some lovely home and nature sitings along our way.

Beaver dam

Large rock with sign, lone tree, and a rope.
Someone's been visiting.

Locks 11 – 12  Double Lock with Traffic bridge. This is really unique. .

All 3 boats loading into the bottom lock.

Making our way from lower lock into upper lock, after we floated to the upper lock level.

Swing bridge at top of upper lock.

 

More sights coming into Campbellford

This is a shot of all the boats tied up at the wall at Old Mill Park. The Park has a commemorative $2 coin originally minted in 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The town was very convenient and within walking/biking distance. They had all kinds of shops and restaurants. There was a delicious bakery and a chocolate factory outlet store.

I even found one to do me a new look!

 

 

The town had a Country Concert Saturday night in the park outside our boat. Unfortunately we missed most of it as we had plans for dinner with our friends. Below are some pictures of the town and out friends out shopping.

 

Mark, Alex, Sharon and Vickie

 

 

We have now travelled 14 miles of the Trent-Severn and 127 feet up.

 

More Trent-Severn to come.