Peterborough Lift Locks

Apparently we like locks... Talked to my buddy Wayne who grew up in the Toronto area, he suggested these locks. Rode to Peterborough to check out this time machine. Built in 1904, one of eight built in the world, the highest hydraulic lift locks in the world, still operational. Basically they are large bathtubs that are raised and lowered with boats in them. Very Cool!

What is more amazing is the fact that canals and a waterway system was built between 1833 and 1920 linking the Georgian Bay on Lake Superior to Lake Ontario. This is called the Trent Severn Waterway and has 41 locks or lifts on it, spanning 387 Kms of canals and waterways.

Click here to check it out.

After the locks, (watching them go up and down made us hungry) so we went to a pub for lunch. Good lunch, (they had Central Brewing beer here) then we rode back to the campsite. Warm day!