August 13 – Chateau Montebello
45°38′37″ N 74°57′5″ W

We left Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue at 9:00am, with the first lock operation of the day. Our destination was the marina at Chateau Montebello, but first we had to go through one more lock at Carillon- the BIG one!

We were in luck as the lock was preparing to bring boats up just as we arrived & the lockmaster instructed us to enter first.

Photo below: the lower side of the powerdam at Carillon with the entrance to the lock on the far right.

This lock rises 60 feet. It has a floating dock inside it where the boats tie up with the help of Parks Canada lock staff. Boat also “raft-up” to the ones tied to the floating dock.

The stairs to the bottom of the lock submerge as the water rises.

Almost at the top!

After passing through the lock we continued on our journey & arrived at Montebello at 7:00pm. A long day but there was a nice reward for us at the end of the journey.

After relaxing for a while we each had a refreshing shower & then headed off to the restaurant/bar for dinner.

When I was here a few days ago with Angelia & John & Levi, I was envious of Levi’s choice for dinner that night – so tonight I had one of my own!

After dinner we wandered around the main lobby area of the hotel.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we head to Ottawa & then on towards Smiths Falls.

Cheers!