Tricolour – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake, O…
Seeing Red – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
Making Waves – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake…
Purple and Red – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s La…
Tulips Arising, Take #1 – Canadian Tulip Festival,…
Tulips Arising, Take #2 – Canadian Tulip Festival,…
A Tapestry of Flowers and Bushes – Canadian Tulip…
Deep Purple – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
Sticking Out – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake…
Dutch Treat – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
Variety – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake, Ott…
In Your Face – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake…
Canada's Colours – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s…
"Maple Leaf" Tulips – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow…
Hodgepodge – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
Mellow Yellow, Take #1 – Canadian Tulip Festival,…
Mellow Yellow, Take #2 – Canadian Tulip Festival,…
Lavender Hyacinth, Take #1 – Canadian Tulip Festiv…
Lavender Hyacinth, Take #2 – Canadian Tulip Festiv…
Surrounded – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
White Bullseye – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s La…
Purple Islands – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s La…
Peachy-keen! – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake…
In the Pink – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake,…
Floral Regression, Take #1 – Canadian Tulip Festiv…
Floral Regression, Take #2 – Canadian Tulip Festiv…
Puffs – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake, Ottaw…
Serrated Tulip – Canadian Tulip Festival, Dow’s La…
Not Exactly Health Food – Canadian Tulip Festival,…
Into the Maelstrom – Hog’s Back Falls, Ottawa, Ont…
The Matthews House – Hoskins and St. George Street…
Croft Chapter House – King's College Circle, Unive…
The Muralists – College and Henry Streets, Toronto…
But Griffins Don't Smoke! – College Street near Hu…
Rhino Plaster – College Street near Spadina Avenue…
College Variety – College and Huron Streets, Toron…
Cecil Street at Glasgow Street – Toronto, Ontario
Chinese Imperial Palace Hall – Royal Ontario Museu…
Chinese Imperial Palace Hall – Royal Ontario Museu…
Cecil Community Centre – Cecil Street, Toronto, On…
Parking Lot Pianist – Spadina Avenue at Cecil Stre…
Grossman's Tavern – Spadina Avenue at Cecil Street…
Anshei Minsk Synagogue – St. Andrew Street, Toront…
A Breathless Landscape – St. Andrew Street, Toront…
Cirque du poulet – St. Andrew Street, Toronto, Ont…
Gourds – St. Andrew Street, Toronto, Ontario
Smoked Fish – Baldwin Street, Toronto, Ontario
Trust Me, I'm a T-Shirt – Kensington Avenue, Toron…
Habs:4, Leafs:1 – Kensington Avenue, Toronto, Onta…
"Standing on the Corner ..." – Kensington Avenue,…
Snap! – Kensington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Dishwasher Mike – Kensington Avenue, Toronto, Onta…
Oxford Fruit – Nassau Street at Augusta Avenue, To…
Still Life with Citrus – Baldwin Street at Augusta…
Fiddle-Faddle – Baldwin Street at Augusta Avenue,…
Traffic Jam Mural – Kensington Avenue, Toronto, On…
Miss Cora's Mural, #2 – Kensington Avenue, Toronto…
Miss Cora's Mural, #1 – Kensington Avenue, Toronto…
My Market Bakery – Baldwin Street, Toronto, Ontari…
The Original Hungary Thai – Augusta Avenue, Toront…
Still Life With Garbage – Augusta Avenue, Toronto,…
Roach-O-Rama – Augusta Avenue at Baldwin Street, T…
The CN Tower Viewed from Kensington Market – Augus…
Memento Mori – Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Inspiration by Mucha – Augusta Avenue at Oxford St…
Romeo's – Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
The Electric Theatre – Augusta Avenue, Toronto, On…
The Erhu Player – Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario
422 Bar and Grill – College Street, Toronto, Ontar…
Gone Fishing – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street,…
Avalokitesvara – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Stree…
Qilin – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street, Toront…
Tomb of General Zu Dashou – Royal Ontario Museum,…
Tsimshian Mask – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Stree…
Above the Stained Glass Windows – Royal Ontario Mu…
"That All Men May Know" – Royal Ontario Museum, Bl…
Mad Cow – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street, Toro…
Dragon – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street, Toron…
Sheol – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street, Toront…
The Information Desk – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor…
The Crystal – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street,…
The Crystal – Royal Ontario Museum, Bloor Street,…
Ontario Street – Canada Hall, Canadian Museum of C…
Tim Hortons – Dunvegan, Ontario
Morning Star Ceiling, Red Quadrant – Canadian Muse…
Diorama: Ontario Street – Canada Hall, Canadian Mu…
Morning Star Ceiling, Blue Quadrant – Canadian Mus…
Morning Star Ceiling, Yellow Quadrant – Canadian M…
"A Canadian Heritage Classic" – La Casa Gelato, Va…
Ceiling painting, Canadian Museum of Civilization…
Ho-Lee-Chow – Toronto, Ontario
Location
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
292 visits
Gear Gears – Hog’s Back Falls, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Hog's Back Falls, officially known as the Prince of Wales Falls, but rarely referred to by this name, are a series of artificial waterfalls on the Rideau River in Ottawa, Canada. The falls are located just north of Mooney's Bay and the point where the Rideau Canal splits from the Rideau River.
Prior to the construction of the Rideau Canal, these were a gentle set of rapids originally known as Three Rock Rapids. The name Hog's Back came into use shortly before canal construction. Civil Engineer John MacTaggart, in 1827, described them as "a noted ridge of rocks, called the Hog’s Back, from the circumstances of raftsmen with their wares [timber rafts] sticking on it in coming down the stream." These rapids were about 600 metres (2,000 feet) in length with a drop of about 1.8 metres (6 feet). They were navigable by canoe, no portage was required.
As part of his concept for a slackwater navigation system, Lt. Colonel John By's design for the Rideau Canal called for a large dam to be raised in this location. It would divert water from the Rideau River into the artificially-created section of the canal leading to the Ottawa locks. It would also flood the Three Island Rapids located upstream (the head of present-day Mooney's Bay marks the foot of these rapids).
The building of this dam provided one of the greatest construction challenges (it collapsed 3 times during construction) of the Rideau Canal, but when completed in 1831 it flooded the Rideau River at that point by 12.5 metres (41 feet). To accommodate the natural flow of the Rideau River and to prevent damage from spring flooding, a large waste water weir was constructed. The water from this flows though a channel that was excavated in the eastern bank of the Rideau River. This created the Hogs Back Falls that we see today.
The head of the original rapids is now buried beneath the canal dam, but the lower section of the rapids can still be seen today. This location marks where the route of the Rideau Canal leaves the Rideau River and enters a man made canal leading to the Ottawa locks. A series of locks lowers boats from this location to the Ottawa River
Prior to the construction of the Rideau Canal, these were a gentle set of rapids originally known as Three Rock Rapids. The name Hog's Back came into use shortly before canal construction. Civil Engineer John MacTaggart, in 1827, described them as "a noted ridge of rocks, called the Hog’s Back, from the circumstances of raftsmen with their wares [timber rafts] sticking on it in coming down the stream." These rapids were about 600 metres (2,000 feet) in length with a drop of about 1.8 metres (6 feet). They were navigable by canoe, no portage was required.
As part of his concept for a slackwater navigation system, Lt. Colonel John By's design for the Rideau Canal called for a large dam to be raised in this location. It would divert water from the Rideau River into the artificially-created section of the canal leading to the Ottawa locks. It would also flood the Three Island Rapids located upstream (the head of present-day Mooney's Bay marks the foot of these rapids).
The building of this dam provided one of the greatest construction challenges (it collapsed 3 times during construction) of the Rideau Canal, but when completed in 1831 it flooded the Rideau River at that point by 12.5 metres (41 feet). To accommodate the natural flow of the Rideau River and to prevent damage from spring flooding, a large waste water weir was constructed. The water from this flows though a channel that was excavated in the eastern bank of the Rideau River. This created the Hogs Back Falls that we see today.
The head of the original rapids is now buried beneath the canal dam, but the lower section of the rapids can still be seen today. This location marks where the route of the Rideau Canal leaves the Rideau River and enters a man made canal leading to the Ottawa locks. A series of locks lowers boats from this location to the Ottawa River
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.