The Beautiful Trent Severn Waterway, Ontario, Canada

Entrance to the Trent-Severn Waterway at Trenton, Ontario.

We left the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club early to begin our journey up the winding 240-mile Trent-Severn Waterway which has man-made canals connecting dozens of rivers and lakes.  It has 44 locks, including several unusual locks.

The first 6 locks on the Trent-Severn come at you rapidly, in only 5 miles.  Each one is just like the previous one, with cables to tie onto.  A mid-ship line is run around the cable, as I hold to the cable the boat goes up in the lock.

'Dun Workin'" is the boat in front of us. We locked through together yesterday and today, and we were the only two boats in the lock.  After being lifted 119 feet through 6 locks, we were tired!  Who said boating was leisure!  Plus I'm getting a tan.

The locks on the Trent-Severn are much smaller than those on the Erie and Oswego and are manually operated (see the man in the photo).  He walks in circles, turning a large hand crank, until the lock doors open or close.  There is another person turning another crank on the other side for the other door.

Just above Lock #6 is a canal wall adjacent to a pretty park which also has electricity or hydro (what Canadians call their electric).  Free tie-ups along lock walls are common, but the word 'free' is not exactly.  To transit the Trent-Severn, we bought a Canadian Parks Locking Permit and a Seasonal Mooring Permit, which allows us to moor and lock, totaling $611. Because of the hydro, Lock 6 is full.

It seems there are more Canadian geese than Canadian people!  These geese were out for a stroll in the Lock #6 park.  This is a common sight everywhere we go.

Blue Moon reflecting on the water this morning (Wednesday) before we set off for Campbellford.

Pretty scenery, houses and fishermen.