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2 days
Rideau heritage towns
A canal village with a stone blockhouse and a stone town on the Tay.
Photo: Merrickville Blockhouse Rideau Canal, Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 1 · Merrickville
The locks, the Blockhouse Museum, the mill ruins and St. Lawrence Street.
Day 2 · Perth
Stewart Park, the Tay Basin, Gore Street and Murphys Point Provincial Park.
The guides for this trip
Eastern Ontario · Canada
Merrickville and the Rideau Canal
A stone blockhouse, hand-cranked locks and a heritage village on the Rideau Canal.
Lanark County, Ontario · Canada
Perth
A stone town on the Tay River, a famous duel, a giant cheese and the Rideau Lakes.
Start this trip in the builder
Gas, meals, tickets and parking are extra. We favour free and low-cost stops.