29.6.07
Rideau Canal named a global gem
Via the Globe. The 175 year old Rideau Canal has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Rideau Canal is a 202-kilometre chain of lakes, rivers and canals stretching from Ottawa south to Kingston, on the shore of Lake Ontario. It's the only canal from the continent's canal-building era that is still operating along its original line with most of its original structures intact.
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Did you know that the Canal was formed by lumberjack legend Big Joe Mufferaw?
"Now Joe had to portage
from the Gatineau down
to see a little girl
he had in Kempville town
He was back and forth so many times to see that gal
the path he wore
became the Rideau canal"
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