18 July 2013 – Thursday.  Ottawa -> Kemptville, ON

Just as we were leaving the Wall in Ottawa, the Queen's Guard passed by on their way to the changing of the Guard at Parliament.

We went through 7 Locks today: First came Locks 9 & 10, the Hartwells which had a neat Lockmaster, Ross; Lock 11 – HogsBack then HogsBack swingbridge;  Lock 13 (there is no Lock 12 it was planned but never built since it was not needed) ,Black Rapids;  Locks 14-15-16, Long Island Locks ( Locks that are  completed in succession are called a “Flight” – if you begin the flight, you must complete all of them without stopping) Liam was our Lockmaster, he and his crew were great..