Ottawa to Montreal. Photos from our departure from Ottawa to our arrival in Montreal. Enjoy!

Boat docked on Rideau wall next to Convention Centre

Across from Le Cafe at NAC

on blue line waiting to go through locks to Ottawa river

on blue line with 5 boats

Parliament Hill from the Ottawa river

view of flight locks to Ottawa

Colline parlementaire

on the Ottawa river

Musee de la civilisation

British embassy

Rideau Falls

Hilton du Lac Leamy

marina du casino Lac Leamy

Nicole et Agathe

Nicole et Mike

sunset on Lac Viceroy

Bridge at Hawksbury

Hawksbury

Carillon lock

Impressive

Guillotine gate opens

village quebecois

Belle eglise et presbytere

Surf's up!

Highway 40 view from boat

Ste Anne de Bellevue

Carpe Diem at Ste Anne de Bellevue

Coast Guard Hovercraft

leaving Ste Anne de Bellevue

along the seaway canal to Montreal

looks like condos in old building

waiting for St Lambert lock to open

mega yacht coming out of St Lambert lock

encountering our 1st big ship

Crane

St Lambert Lock

Lady James

Passed last lock before Mtl

Ile Ste Helene

Clock Tower Montreal

condos du Vieux Port de Mtl

From Ottawa to Montreal

Left Ottawa on the morning of July 4th. Took 2 hours to go through the 8 flight locks (really only 7) to the Ottawa river. Stopped over at the marina of Casino Lac Leamy. Had showers at the Hilton Hotel. Then played at bit and had a lovely dinner at l'Arome at the Hilton. Next morning, headed to Montebello marina where Nicole Lavigne picked us up for an overnight at her lovely country home. Merci Nicole. On the 6th, continued our trip to Ste Anne de Bellevue. Couple of thunderstorms on the way. Arrived at destination under clear skies. Had a lovely time. Met Sandy and Maureen of Carpe Diem (Midland marina). On to Montreal on the 7th. Went through 2 commercial locks with many other boats. Encountered our first big ship along the St Lawrence Seaway. Not bad at all. Lots of heavy current coming in to Port d'Escale in old Montreal.

Ottawa

View of our boat from Mackenzie King Bridge

Waiting for the Royal Couple

The Guards

Black Watch

Royal Couple

Take 2

Cheers to the Royals

Trying out our new kayak

 Ducks on busy Rideau

Captain Liam

Julie, Pat & Liam

Rideau Canal Photos

Kingston Mills Flight Locks

Westport

Dave & Anna from Harbour West Marina

Bascule Bridge at Smith Falls

Smith Falls

Hand Cranked Swing Bridge

Following Wish Granted and It's About Time

Wish Granted Leaving Merrickville

Docked on the wall at Merrickville

Clowes Lock Falls

Clowes Lock

At work again

Saw many cranes along the way

Black Rapids Lock

Full load in Lock

Pretoria Bridge

Trenton Photos.

Arrived in Trenton

Tarquin from Cortez FL

Boat from Europe

Bridge marking entrance to Trent-Severn

Our looper neighbours

Docked at Fraser Park

Algonquin leaving Trenton

Sandi & Eddie from Cortez FL

Weeks 2 and 3

We've been in Ottawa since Wednesday, the 29th. We're right downtown on the Rideau and it's hot!!! I'm posting many pictures, hopefully, as we've been having a great time and meeting lots of great boaters. What a way to travel! We spent a couple of days in Trenton and had a wonderfule visit with Randy and Sherron who just got back from a long road trip from Thunder Bay. We got to have dinner with them on their anniversary. On the 23rd of June we headed for Kingston under cloudy skies. Spent the night at Confederation Park. As we went by Wolfe Island we noticed this huge wind turbine farm. There must be 50 of them at least. The next day we started our trip up the Rideau. The lockmasters work much harder than on the Trent as the locks are all manual.Made it to Ottawa in 7 days. It's quite an experience to be here for Canada Day. It was fantastic. Plus, from our boat, we could hear the artists performing at the Jazz Festival and the artists performing on Parliament Hill. Saw the young Royals and all the pageantry that goes along. Great fireworks as well.Had a nice visit with Julie, Pat and Liam yesterday. Tomorrow we're heading for the Ottawa River. We'll be going down the last 8 locks which can take 2 to 4 hours. Then Lac Leamy for a little fun. I'll send an update from Montreal as we'll be on wifi.