Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada

Lieu historique national du Canada de la Voie-Navigable-Trent-Severn

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

1. Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada Marker

Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada
Built in stages between 1833-1920, the Trent-Severn Waterway provides a link between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario. Originally designed to promote local development and aid the movement of timber, grain and other goods from west to east, it now offers 386 km of recreational boating as well as management of water levels throughout the watershed. The Campbellford section, built between 1907-1919 by the firm of Haney, Quinlan and Robertson, consists of locks, control dams, bridges and a canal cut. First surveyed in the 1830s, development of the canal was complicated by the mills, timber slides and dams built along the Trent River by local entrepreneurs. Engineers prepared nine different routes before the present location was selected. Later modifications included construction of a new Hydro Electric Power Commission plant at Ranney Falls, repairs to the concrete locks and canal walls between 1935-1938 and mechanization of lock gates and valves by 1969.

Lieu historique national du Canada de la Voie-Navigable-Trent-Severn
La voie navigable Trent-Severn,

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construite par étapes entre 1833 et 1920, relie la baie Georgienne au lac Ontario. Conçue à l'origine pour stimuler le développement local et faciliter le transport du bois, du grain et autres marchandises d'ouest en est, elle est aujourd'hui un réseau de 386 kilomètres qui se prête à la navigation de plaisance et permet la gestion des niveaux d'eau dans les bassins hydrographiques. La section de Campbellford, réalisée entre 1907 et 1919 par la compagnie Haney, Quinlan et Robertson, comprend des écluses, des barrages, des ponts et une tranchée. Le premier levé de plans a été réalisé dans les années 1830. Les moulins, les glissoires et les ponts construits par des entrepreneurs locaux le long de la rivière Trent ont compliqué la conception du canal. Neuf plans différents ont été établis par les ingénieurs avant que l'emplacement actuel ne soit adopté. Des modifications ultérieures comprennent la construction d'une nouvelle centrale électrique par la Hydro Electric Power Commission à Ranney Falls, la réparation des écluses et des murs de béton du canal entre 1935 et 1938 et l'automatisation des portes et des vannes d'écluse jusqu'en

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

2. Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada Marker

1969.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.
 
Location. 44° 18.497′ N, 77° 48.012′ W. Marker is in Campbellford, Ontario, in Northumberland County. It is at the intersection of Grand Road and Bridge Street West, on the right when traveling north on Grand Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 50 Grand Road, Campbellford ON K0L 1L0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Kawarthas Northumberland Area and in Eastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 21 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Mill Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Founders of Campbellford (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line);

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

3. Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada marker photos and captions detail (left)

Hastings Cenotaph (approx. 12.5 kilometers away); The Founding of Hastings (approx. 12.7 kilometers away); J.D. Kelly 1862-1958 (approx. 13.9 kilometers away); Warkworth Cheese Country (approx. 13.9 kilometers away); Centennial of Confederation (approx. 18.3 kilometers away); World Wars Memorial (approx. 20.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Campbellford.

 

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4. Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada marker photos and captions detail (right)

June 13, 2025

5. Detail from a Map of the Trent Canal, 1918

Source: Wikimedia Commons (archives.ca, public domain)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

6. The Trent-Severn Waterway at Campbellford in 2025

 

 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 14, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.