Rideau Canal locks

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canal lock station historic site

The Rideau Canal locks at Merrickville are a historic series of manually operated canal locks that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway in Ontario, Canada.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Rideau Canal locks system 1
Rideau Canal lockstation at Merrickville 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal lock station ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
connects sections of the Rideau River ⓘ
upstream and downstream water levels at Merrickville ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1827 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentUse civilian navigation ⓘ
designedFor military supply route (originally) ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
hasAdjacentCommunity Village of Merrickville NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature hand-operated winches ⓘ
manual wooden lock gates ⓘ
stone lock chambers ⓘ
hasNearbyStructure Merrickville Blockhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
stone lockstation buildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus protected under Canadian federal heritage legislation ⓘ
inception 1820s ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Merrickville–Wolford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Rideau Canal National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Merrickville NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rideau River NERFINISHED ⓘ
lockType manual lock ⓘ
managedBy Parks Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
timber gates ⓘ
mechanism manually operated ⓘ
numberOfLocks 3 ⓘ
openingDate 1832 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operatedBy Parks Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ottawa–Kingston waterway route NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rideau Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rideau Canal World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rideau Canal lock system NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic Rideau Canal corridor ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
region Eastern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonalOperation summer navigation season ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2007 ⓘ
usedFor heritage tourism ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterway Rideau Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merrickville → knownFor → Rideau Canal locks ⓘ
Merrickville → hasHistoricSite → Rideau Canal locks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal lockstation at Merrickville
Dow’s Lake → connectedTo → Rideau Canal locks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal locks system