Day 97: Upper Brewers Mills to Kingston, Ontario
Day 97: Thursday, July 21st: We arose this morning in time to make the first locking at Upper Brewers Lock. The sign said so:
We love the directional signs along the way when there was a sharp turn in the waterway:
We passed through two lakes, River Styx and Colonel By Lake, which were formed when the dam at Kingston Mills was built. The channel follows the original narrow river through the shallow water:
We next transited the last four locks of the Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills. Three of these were stair-step and the fourth was standalone. The sign:
Close to the city of Kingston is the LaSalle Causeway Bridge which only opens on the hour. We waited for the 1:00 pm opening with a couple of sailboats. This is one big bridge:
Just past the bridge we spotted this classic fellow:
Then the City of Kingston with its main wharf:
That's the City Hall behind the trees:
The round tower, called a "Martello Tower", is one of four buildings built in the early 1800s to defend Kingston from the attacks that never came:
From a different angle, you can see three of the four. The most distant in this picture is just over the blue sail cover in the distance:
Those boats are in the marina we are headed for.
We moored stern first in a heavy crosswind with the help of six big dockhands. It was really blowing hard! This is our view of the marina and Kingston. This marina can accommodate over 300 boats; it is quite large and very busy:
The marina is right downtown. The old railroad station has been converted to a Visitor Center:
There is an old steam locomotive behind it on a remnant of track:
We had a bite of lunch and took a tour of Kingston aboard this quaint "trolley". It was a good way to catch the highlights of the area:
Across from the Visitor Center is the Prince George Hotel built in the 1830s and still functions as a hotel:
Right next door is the impressive City Hall:
Position tonight: N44 13.637 W076 28.719
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