Smiths Falls Detached

Rideau Canal National Historic Site

Smiths Falls Detached offers close access to all amenities and is a short walk from the Smiths Falls downtown core. There is a boat launch, and a distinctive feature of the Smiths Falls Detached lockstation is the raised bascule bridge (drawbridge).

How to get here

Smiths Falls Detached

62 Lombard Street
Smiths Falls, Ontario

GPS: 44°53'45"N 76°01'38"W


Hours of Operation

Phone
613-283-0496

Email
rideau@pc.gc.ca

Navigational data
  • Distance from Ottawa: 97.4 km (60.5 mi)
  • Distance from Kingston: 104.7 km (65.1 mi)
  • Nautical chart: #1512 (Sheet 3)
  • Lock length: 40.8 m (134 ft)
  • Lock width: 9.7 m (33 ft)
  • Average lift: 2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Facilities and services
History

This canal town is named for Thomas Smyth, a Loyalist who in 1786 was granted four hundred acres in what is present-day Smiths Falls. At the time of canal construction a small settlement had been established around a mill operated by a local named Abel Russell Ward. Colonel By ordered the removal of Ward's mill to make way for the canal.

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