Thursday, July 10th, day 19 for this trip, we traveled thru the Chambly Canal,, the Richelieu River, and the St. Ours Canal, on our way to the big St. Lawrence. The Chambly Canal is just as it was in the 1800's and is a Canadian Historic Site. It is still operated by hand cranking. The canal is narrow, we go thru 9 locks and several opening bridges. Speed is about 5.5 knots and the lock master time you, they know just when to expect you and know that you've been speeding if you arrive too early. The boat wake can be damaging to the canal, so they are very serious about this.
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| Lock 9, our first in Canada, heading north |
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| a bridge that obviously needs to open for boat traffic |
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| you can practice your French. . . . |
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| We had to tie up at this dock and wait for some boat traffic to come thru -- the Chambly is one boat wide! |
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| you can see how narrow the canal is |
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| the last three locks are like a staircase |
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| all locks have these great little houses |
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| hand cranking the dock doors open |
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| people on the bridge above us |
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| another lock house, behind is the beautiful Chambly basin and a marina |
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| in the lock |
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| this is Fort Chambly. That's all I know about it. |
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| Beloil, where we stayed a few years ago |
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| Mont St. Hilarie, these hills are visible for miles in the flat countryside |
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| another church, not sure what village; you see a lot of substantial churches along this route |
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| a colorful cable ferry |
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| We tie up at the lock at St. Ours for the night, too late to lock thru |
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| the dam at St. Ours |
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| This plaque talks about the importance of this route we have taken, which connected the cities of Montreal and New York, as well as Quebec and New York I guess but that was not mentioned |
Isn't this great stuff???
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