Rideau waterway /

'Many years ago, I decided to write a book about the Rideau Canal. It is, therefore, with mixed feelings that I see that Robert Legget has beaten me to the tape. He is to be congratulated ... The definitive work on the Rideau has been written, and I shall value my copy.' Eric Arthur Since...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Legget, Robert Ferguson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 1986.
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
TRANSPORTATION > General.
Travel.
Rideau Canal (Ont.) > History.
Rideau Canal (Ont.) > Description and travel.
Canal Rideau (Ont.) > Histoire.
Canal Rideau (Ont.) > Descriptions et voyages.
Ontario > Rideau Canal.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rideau waterway
  • The setting
  • Why the canal was built
  • Building the canal
  • Financial worries
  • John By, soldier and administrator
  • Down the years
  • Cruising the canal: Kingston to Chaffeys Lock
  • Cruising the Rideau Lakes: Chaffeys Lock to Poonamalie
  • Down the Rideau: Poonamalie to Ottawa
  • The canal in Ottawa: hog's back to the Ottawa River
  • Bytown and Ottawa
  • Appendix A: References
  • Appendix B: The superintending engineers and superintendents
  • Appendix C: Information, charts, and maps
  • Appendix D: Fishing on the Rideau Waterway
  • Appendix E: Table of mileages, lifts, and clearances.

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