Trent Waterway
Business Directory
for
The Trent-Severn Waterway
The
Trent Severn Waterway is Central Ontario's 387 kilometers of
waterway utilizing 41 locks, a marine railway and 2 hydraulic
lift locks raising navigation 180 meters above Lake Ontario and 80 meters above Georgian Bay, at
Balsam Lake. Here
we present you with many of the amenities and services available
along
The Trent-Severn Waterway including accommodations,
marinas, dining, shopping, attractions, events and more.
Trent
Waterway, refers
to The Trent-Severn
Waterway, one of Ontario's famous attractions that winds its
way through Central Ontario and goes through Quinte, Northumberland,
Kawartha, Haliburton and Muskoka Regions. Add Lakes, rivers,
streams and waterway activities abound along
its path.
Parks grace the shores of many of these waterways as well as wild
life parks where you can enjoy trails and nature in its natural habitat
including Georgian Bay off of Lake Superior. Entertainment can be found
in most of the towns and villages along the way as well as numerous other
attractions.
The
Peterborough
Lift
Lock, the Petroglyphs park and many other man made and natural wonders
can be found throughout the region. If you like to try your luck
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Mouse
over the regions on the map to view lock details
Central
Ontario encompasses
all six regions of Ontario's,
The Trent-Severn Waterway, offering a listing
service for residents
and tourists.
The
Trent Region starts at (1) Trenton on Lake Ontario and
ends at (13) Campbellford, other towns include Frankford, Belleville,
Brighton,
Picton and Bath.. The Rice Lake Region starts at (13) Campbellford
and ends at (19) Scott's Mill, other towns include Hastings,
Harwood
and Bewdley. The Kawartha Region starts at (19) Scott's Mill
and ends at (36) Kirkfield, other towns include Peterborough,
Lakefield,
Young's Point, Burleigh
Falls, Buckhorn, Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls. Lakes include
Katchawanooka, Clear, Stony, Lovesick, Buckhorn, Pigeon, Chemong,
Sturgeon,
Cameron and Balsam Lake. The Scugog Region starts and ends at (33) Lindsay
allowing access to the Town of Port Perry and Lake Scugog. The Simcoe Region starts
at (36) Kirkfield and ends at (42) Couchiching, other towns include Beaverton,
Barrie, Orillia, Washago and communities on the shores of Lake
Simcoe and Lake
Couchiching. The Severn Region starts at (36) Couchiching
and ends at (45) Port Severn on Georgian Bay.
We
use 387 km
instead of 386 km because that is what we get
things to add up to. Balsam Lake is the highest point in the system, not
Rosedale or Kirkfield. Kirkfield is 14.9 m below Balsam and
Rosedale is 1.2 m below. The Kirkfield Lift Lock Chambers rise to
one foot below Balsam Lake, the system works when Balsam fills this
area in the chamber increasing
the weight, allowing it to descend so the opposite
chamber to can rise. The chamber coming down must always have more
water (weight) for the design
to function.
There is no lock 29 as two locks were replaced by one at Burleigh
Falls. Purdey's Mills aka Lindsay aka City
of Kawartha Lakes, is a side branch accessing
Lake Scugog shores and the town of
Port Perry.
Brief
History of The Trent-Severn Waterway
The
start to finish time line spans eighty-seven years with the systems
construction starting in 1833 at Bobcaygeon and finishing in 1920
at Port Severn, three hundred and eighty-seven kilometers
from Lake Ontario.
A
feat of "Engineering and Perseverance" that is hard to imagine
when considering
the
construction
techniques
that
were
available
at the time.
The Navigation channel
runs a depth of six feet from start to finish. The
locks vary in raising the water level some
exceptions are; flight locks, the Big Chute Marine Railway
with a lift of eighteen meters (58 feet), the Kirkfield
Lift
Lock with an
average lift of fifteen meters (49 feet) )and the Peterborough
Lift Lock (finished in 1904) with an average lift of twenty
meters (65 feet).
Peaking
at Balsam Lake the system takes the traveler 180 meters (600
feet) above Lake Ontario and 80 meters (250 feet) above Lake Huron’s,
Georgian Bay.
Standard lock dimensions are one hundred and twenty feet long
by thirty-two feet wide. The two exceptions are the lock 44, the
Big Chute Marine Railway at one hundred feet long by twenty-four
feet wide and lock 45 at Port Severn is only eight-four feet long
and twenty-three feet wide setting the limit if you wish to traverse
The Trent Severn Waterway from one end to the other.
Two major upgrades were at Big Chute in 1960 and combining
two locks at Burleigh Falls in 1968 eliminating lock 29.
Please
Note: All dimensions are rounded hence approximate.
General: -
The system is quite straight forward. If you
wish to see the details on various locks, those are below,
plus
on our home page. We have tried to establish the Regions from
a logical perspective and hope these are easy for you to understand
from the map we have provided..
- You don't need an account to browse, simply click
the Complete Listings button above. - Post an ad, simply follow the
path, region and category see next door >>>. - Place your listings in the appropriate
category when finished you'll be taken
to the check out. - The listings include, 10,000 characters
(about 2,000 words), a google map if you choose to fill in your
exact location, our (your) URL's are SEO friendly so within a
very short time you will show up on search engines. - We recommend you search using the nearest
lock and/or nearest town in the appropriate category, nothing
will
get you closer to what you are looking for. - With 30,000 viewers and growing, can you really
afford not to have a Listing. - Banner ads are available for all pages or
targeted to category pages. Pricing is available here.
Listing
is Simple:
- Create an account
- Use your new ID and Password to Login
- Answer all the questions that apply to you
- Move to check out and your New Listing is Running
- Pricing is competative, create your own price.
- Unlimited Photos available
- Title bolding, better placement or featured property
- All listings contain a google map to your property
Editing
ads:
- Login to your account
- Select the "List" tab up top
- Under "My Account" choose "my active listings"
- Select "Manage This Listing" underneath the listing
- Select the little graphic "Pad and Pencil"
- Proceed with what you wish to edit
