LEADER 04111nam 2200601 450 001 9910460202303321 005 20211004224147.0 010 $a1-4426-2781-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442627819 035 $a(CKB)3710000000324279 035 $a(EBL)3296686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670178 035 $a(CEL)449395 035 $a(OCoLC)903441116 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00916130 035 $a(DE-B1597)465541 035 $a(OCoLC)944178891 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442627819 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256692 035 $a(OCoLC)958580562 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000324279 100 $a20160914e20011986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRideau waterway /$fRobert Legget 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ1986 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-6591-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface to the Millennium Reprint --$tRideau Waterway --$tThe Setting --$tWhy the Canal Was Built --$tBuilding the Canal --$tFinancial Worries --$tJohn By --$tDown the Years --$tCruising the Canal --$tCruising the Rideau Lakes --$tDown the Rideau --$tThe Canal in Ottawa --$tBytown and Ottawa --$tAPPENDIX A. References --$tAPPENDIX B. The Superintending Engineers and (under Parks Canada) The Superintendents --$tAPPENDIX C. Information, Charts, and Maps --$tAPPENDIX D. Fishing on the Rideau Waterway --$tAPPENDIX E. Table of Mileages, Lifts, and Clearances --$tNote on the 1986 edition --$tAcknowledgments from the 1955 edition --$tIndex 330 $a'Many years ago, I decided to write a book about the Rideau Canal. It is, therefore, with mixed feelings that I see that Robert Legget has beaten me to the tape. He is to be congratulated ... The definitive work on the Rideau has been written, and I shall value my copy.' Eric Arthur Since the publication of the first edition in 1955, Rideau Waterway has informed and delighted readers, among them historians, engineers, and vacationers. First revised in 1972, this classic guide has once again been brought up to date in a new edition. Robert Legget offers a rich history of the Rideau Canal - an adventure in engineering, built by soldiers and civilian labourers through swamp, bush, and rocky wilderness - as well as a guide to current places of interest along the waterway and stories of the pioneers who settled there. He resurrects the controversy surrounding Colonel John By, Superintending Engineer of the construction of the canal, whose leadership was debated in the British press and after whom By town was named. By town is now Ottawa; Legget traces the city's development from construction camp to national capital.This new edition contains three times as many photographs as the original, and has been even more thoroughly updated than was the revised edition of 1972. Legget has added new information about historical figures and references to developments in the surroundings: the St Lawrence Seaway, the Carillon hydroelectric project, new roads, new bridges, and more. The appendices have been revised to include the latest maps, charts, and fishing information available. In all, Legget has provided a lively guide for boaters and other travellers, and for all those interested in the history of eastern Ontario. 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / General$2bisacsh 607 $aRideau Canal (Ont.)$xHistory 607 $aRideau Canal (Ont.)$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / General. 676 $a386/.48/097137 700 $aLegget$b Robert Ferguson$0751576 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460202303321 996 $aRideau waterway$92212200 997 $aUNINA