This past Sunday, we had the opportunity to travel a small part of the 386 km Trent-Severn waterway, including a ride up Lock 21, the world's largest (and oldest) hydraulic lift lock. Opened on July 9, 1904, it leaves a dramatic and lasting impression on Peterborough's landscape. You can learn more about the lift locks and this historic waterway from the links in this paragraph, including Wikipedia.
This marvel wasn't the only one we were audience to, however. It was also National Paddling Week, and to commemorate the occasion, Parks Canada sponsored an all-day contest, to see how many canoes and kayaks would fit within one of the lift lock tubs. Our boat was just in time to see first hand the efforts of these personal watercraft enthusiasts. While we were rising 65 ft to the top of the lock, its twin managed to contain 84 canoes and kayaks. The record of the day was an astounding 138!
Also of note that day was an announcement by the federal government of a $270M infusion of cash to help rehabilitate and repairinto the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic site.
A very exciting day, indeed. I hope, after seeing thes images, you feel the same way.
Technical note: This is the first time that - short of importing, tagging and flagging - I did 99% of all the image processing within Lightroom Mobile on my iPad.
Lock 20, opening to let us leave Little Lake in downtown Peterborough, on our way to the famous Lock 21.
As we motored passed this railway swing bridge, I thought it had fallen into disrepair, an unusable relic of times gone by. But as you you view these images, you'll soon see appearances can be deceiving.
I simply love this infra-red preset treatment of the Lock 21. I did a fair amount of post processing before moving to black and white, including adjusting the luminance value of the blue range to bring out the sky.
Rising up the lock, we could see all the canoes in the other lock tub, part of the National Paddling Week festivities in Peterborough.
