Old Slys Rapids, ca. 1895, A history of the Smiths Falls Lock Stations, 1827-1978 by Peter DeLottinville, Vol. II
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- Image
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- Photographs
- Description
- Illustrated on pages 444-445, fig. 43, Old Slys Rapids, ca. 1895 (Collection of Harold Nichol, Smiths Falls)
Catalogued by the Government of Canada:
"This report is divided into two general sections. Part One describes the initial construction and the subsequent maintenance of the canal structures and buildings. Each of the three lock stations, Smiths Falls combined, Smiths Falls detached and Old Slys, are examined separately. Part Two of the report concerns the economic activities related to the canal."--Introduction, page 12.
Department/Agency Parks Canada.
Title A history of the Smiths Falls Lock stations, 1827-1978 / by Peter DeLottinville.
Series title Manuscript report / Parks Canada ; number 373
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Electronic document
View R61-2-7-373-1-eng.pdf (PDF, 87.03 MB). Volume 1.
View R61-2-7-373-2-eng.pdf (PDF, 67.40 MB). Volume 2.
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [by History of Parks Canada Electronic Library].
Bibliography: pages 342-357.
Publishing information [Ottawa]: Parks Canada = Parcs Canada, 1979.
Author / Contributor DeLottinville, Peter, author.
Description 1 online resource (2 volumes (493 pages)) : illustrations, photographs, plans, portraits.
Catalogue number R61-2/7-373E-PDF - Notes
- This image was also illustrated in Glenn J. Lockwood's "Smiths Falls: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal Community 1794-1994", p.25 - plate 13 - the caption reads: "Old Sly's rapids as reputedly photographed by John Nichol circa 1890. It has been traditionally claimed that these falls at Old Sly's could just as easily have developed into the central townsite of Smyth's falls. This seems unlikely because the drop in the river was not as great as Old Sly's and the head pond was much smaller. This waste weir channel was blasted out during canal construction, creating an island between this channel and the canal locks."
To do a keyword search for the DeLottinville publication, see the two Smiths Falls Digital Archive links for Vol. 1 & 2 on the left side of the catalogue record. To download this publication, see the link – Government of Canada, Publications. - Date of Original
- 1895
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