m/v Erika Lin's Adventures: Belleville, Ontario to Lock #6 Frankford, Ontario

Date    Friday July 22, 2011
Day     24
Depart     Belleville, Ontario 8:45 am
Arrive       Lock #6 Frankford, Ontario 1:15 pm
Distance         17
Cumulative   620 Miles

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We are now on the Trent-Severn Waterway.

So far, we have gone through 23 locks on the Erie Canal, 20 of those locks raised us a total of 372 feet and 3 lowered us 57 feet. On the Oswego Canal we went through 7 locks. These lowered us a total of 117 feet. The Trent-Severn Waterway is 240 miles long. It has 43 locks, 2 lifts (Peterborough and Kirkfield) and a marine railway (Big Chute Marine Railway). The total distance lifted on the Trent-Severn Waterway is 852 feet. Once the Trent-Severn is completed we will be in Georgian Bay and will travel to the North Channel. With areas where the speed limit on the Trent-Severn is only 10 kilometers (6 mph), it will take us some time to complete this leg of the journey.

Tonight we are staying on the lock wall above Lock #6 in Frankford, Ontario. Town was a short walk and we went out for Chinese (the buffet was highly recommended; the variety was good and it tasted good too!).