On the 15th, up at the usual 0530, breakfast, and underway at 0730 for the first of the Canadian Park Service Locks, St. Anne-de-Bellevue. We arrived early, 0808 for their opening time of 0900. We were passed through without any problem and soon thereafter passed TWO IF BY SEA as we approached Oka. We first met Norb and Ruth Hattendorf of TWO IF BY SEA at Ess-Kay, Brewerton, New York.
As we approached the town of Oka we first saw the ferry boats that move vehicles and people across the Ottawa River. The local church was positioned along the waterfront at the ferry landing.
The first stop on the Ottawa River . . . the Carillon Lock. A 65' lift. Views of the inside while we are in the bottom . . . it has a nice floating dock to tie up to.
Farmland along the Ottawa River.
Canada's flag is beginning to show some wear on SONATA's mast. It will need to fly for another couple of months.
Transportation methods seen along the Canadian waterways.
For an overnight we decided to stay at a "Fairmont". The Le Chateau Montebello. A nice place built from logs pulled out of British Columbia and shipped across country by rail . . . for this location. The interior, while dark from all the wood, was warm and inviting. Some 204 rooms . . . we had our own on SONATA.
Our kind of water. The water is so smooth that you can see the clouds reflecting in the water. A calm calm passage from Montreal to Ottawa.
This waterfall is the Rideau River as it falls into the Ottawa River. We will spend the night at the Hull Marina in Gatineau across the Ottawa River from Ottawa . . . then in the morning move to the "blue-line" and tie up to be the first boat going up the 8 lift locks, the flight of locks, to Ottawa.
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