Clowes
Rideau Canal National Historic Site
During peak navigation times, Clowes serves as an overflow to overnight boaters, although it has limited greenspace.
How to get here
Clowes
495 Heritage Drive
Montague, Ontario
GPS: 44°56'46"N 75°49'20"W
Phone
613-269-4426
Email
rideau@pc.gc.ca
Navigational data
- Distance from Ottawa: 70.5 km (43.8 mi)
- Distance from Kingston: 131.6 km (81.8 mi)
- Nautical chart: #1512 (Sheet 3)
- Lock length: 40.8 m (134 ft)
- Lock width: 9.7 m (33 ft)
- Average lift: 2.3 m (7.6 ft)
Facilities and services
- Overnight mooring (2 nights max)
- Camping
- Washrooms
- Barbecue grills
- Potable water
- Picnic tables
- Parking (limited)
History
The site was known as Clowes Quarry, named after James Clowes who was the owner of a nearby quarry. That quarry supplied stone for the construction of the locks, dams and weirs at Merrickville and Nicholsons, as well as Clowes.
Read more history about this lockstationRelated links
- Ottawa Locks
- Hartwells
- Hogs Back
- Black Rapids
- Long Island
- Burritts Rapids
- Lower Nicholsons
- Upper Nicholsons
- Merrickville
- Edmonds
- Old Slys
- Smiths Falls Combined
- Smiths Falls Detached
- Poonamalie
- Lower Beveridges
- Upper Beveridges
- Colonel By Island
- Narrows
- Newboro
- Chaffeys
- Davis
- Jones Falls
- Brass Point Bridge
- Upper Brewers
- Lower Brewers
- Kingston Mills
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