Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 30, 1980, p. 34

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Parks Canada You can go far on Heritage Canals Thousands of kilometres of continuous waterways in fact Admission is free to all National Historic Parks and Sites except Lower Fort Garry Fort George Fort and flvnl Rldmu Canal Starting from Lake south of the leads north on up the Saint Lawrence through the Great Likes be Cbainbly Canal bypasses the rapids between St Jean and And the St Ours Canal opens the way to and the St Lawrence River from it clear sailing to the Ottawa and the single locks of the Anne and Carillon Canals Anne to the foot of tin anal in is km At Ottawa a flight of eight locks raises boats up from tin into the Canal Most of the locks along the km route are still operated h Kingston you tan turn right into Lake Ontario and on to the rent Setern leading kni to ind Like Huron through canal locks a mil lake ami rim ihanncls From the rouK is open to Like Superior hi the Marie Canal can conn back the to Lake Huron and Lake and into Lake Ontario via the Wetland Canal round trip passes of Ontario four national parks and inv sites both Ontario and Quebec Hie St Peters- Canal in Scotia cuts through the isthmus that separates I Or Like from St Piter Bay in Cape Breton Island Passage is free of charge and there are picnic grounds and camping sites in a nearby pro vincial park Camping in Parks Hie national park campgrounds range in sic from i three sue primitive campground to a v22 site trailer i imp ground equipped with three- hookups There is group winter camping on some sites Fortress Fort Lennox is reached by a pri vately operated ferry for which there is a charge In summer most camp grounds are crowded on week ends So the best time to arrive is on Thursday or earlier Weve described only a few National Parks and Historic Sites For more information write to Parks Canada In formation Ottawa Ontario K1A1G2

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