Beveridges Lockstation, Tay Canal

For most of its length, the Tay Canal is a slackwater watercourse. The two locks of the Tay Canal were built on an excavated channel. © Parks Canada

At 110,7 km on the Rideau Canal Beveridges Lockstation, located on the north shore of Lower Rideau Lake, 2 km east of Rideau Ferry, is the entrance to the Tay Canal. The canal runs north to the town of Perth (population 6 000). The lockstation includes a 2-km excavated channel that connects Beveridges Bay, on Lower Rideau Lake, to the Tay River. The two locks are 500 m apart. There is an earth embankment dam and weir across the Tay River, near the northern end of the excavated channel. This creates a slackwater section navigable to Perth, a distance of 9,8 km.

Upper Beveridges Lockstation Office. It is similar to Rideau Canal buildings of the same period. © Parks Canada