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Rideau Canal

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Rideau Canal

Canal in eastern Ontario, Canada; length 203 km/126 mi. It connects Ottawa with Kingston on Lake Ontario, by way of the Rideau River and lake, and by connections with the Mud Lake and Cataraqui River. The canal was built between 1826 and 1832. Never of great economic significance, it is used mainly by pleasure boats and tourists. The canal has a system of 50 dams and 47 locks.
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Byline: Mick O'Reilly Deputy Managing Editor Toronto: AaFor the past three weeks, Canadian police have been trying to get to the bottom of a bizarre case in which four women relatives died when a car was found submerged in the picturesque Rideau Canal between Toronto and Montreal.
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The Rideau Canal and the Rideau-Trent-Severn Waterway are part of a complex of recreational lakes and canals linking Ottawa to Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay.
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And for four years running, the Terrors, who made a big splash one year paddling in their pajamas, were the only teen group in the Rideau Canal Canoe Race for Kids; they raised $4,600 for the Christie Lake Camp for underprivileged children.
Ottawa youth group just a bunch of Holy Terrors. (Feature) by Davidson, Jane / Anglican Journal
 
 
 
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