Now that the Rideau Canal has turned 175 and is now a World Heritage Site I think it time to share some of my images of this most worthy construction. (...)

Here is another view of the lock mechanism. When the Moon is high and the mists wreath the canal one can often see ghostly forms working at the locks. (...)

The upper lock was still closed from the night before. I leaned over the railing in the middle of the lock and took this image of the spillway. It mak (...)

Looking down on falling water is quite mesmerizing. It pulls at you while it paralyzes your brain. You begin to fall, only to suddenly clutch at the m (...)

This is a different view of the lock itself. What lock, you ask? I forget the name of it but it links Carleton University with the Experimental Farm i (...)

Chains make the locks function. The locks may link the waterways but these links make it all possible. Did youse know that the Rideau Canal is all ori (...)

I was walking down the stairs from the lock gate when this pattern gobsmacked me between the eyes. Naturally, your mileage may vary ...

I wanted to include this lower lock shadow but something was missing so I placed myself in the image. Some will wonder how that self-protrait was made (...)

I like reflections about as much as I like shadows. Both distort reality while revealing something unexpected about that reality. This is one of the b (...)

One of the beauties of the Rideau Canal system. Rosebud is one the my favourite old-time crafts, made back in the day when there were real craftsmen. (...)

A light dawn shower added a little extra character to this closer look at Rosebud.

I tried to catch the rising Sun glinting off Rosebud's bow light.