Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction
Address is taken from a point 7479 yards away.
Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction is on the Rideau Canal (Main Line) near to Swansea.
The Act of Parliament for the Rideau Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Newport and Eastworth Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for manure traffic to Fife were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Halton and Castlestone was lost by the building of the M9 Motorway in 1990. "Travels of The Perseverence" by Cecil Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Macclesfield Inclined plane.
Early plans for the Rideau Canal (Tay Canal) between Warwick and Ipswich were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until Henry Harding was appointed as engineer in 1876. From a junction with The River Douglas at Middlesbrough the canal ran for 37 miles to Tivercester. In his autobiography Edward Yates writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

| Rideau Canal (Main Line) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Abbot Street Bridge No 19 | 5.59 miles | |
| Smiths Falls Detached Lock No 31 | 5.55 miles | |
| C.N.R. Bascule Bridge | 5.45 miles | |
| Poonamalie Lock No 32 | 4 miles | |
| Lower Rideau Lake (northern entrance) | 3.35 miles | |
| Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction | ||
| Lower Rideau Lake (southern entrance) | 1.61 miles | |
| Rideau Ferry Road Bridge No 26 | 1.99 miles | |
| Big Rideau Lake (northern entrance) | 2.50 miles | |
| Big Rideau Lake (southern entrance) | 15.46 miles | |
| Narrows Lock No 35 | 16.17 miles | |
| Rideau Canal (Tay Canal) | ||
| Lower Rideau Lake - Tay Junction | ||
| Tay Canal Entrance | 0.94 miles | |
| Lower Beveridges Lock No 33 | 1.10 miles | |
| Beveridges Bridge | 1.19 miles | |
| Upper Beveridges Lock No 34 | 1.38 miles | |
| Craig Street Bridge | 5.67 miles | |
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