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 I think Frontenac would be best, at the very least, they have the most detailed information on their website and they have Kevlar canoes. We pickup the canoes in Frontenac and drive them down to Kingston. Similar to Saugeen, we drive a car back to Frontenac, or leave a car there if we can get both canoes on one car. I think Frontenac would be best, at the very least, they have the most detailed information on their website and they have Kevlar canoes. We pickup the canoes in Frontenac and drive them down to Kingston. Similar to Saugeen, we drive a car back to Frontenac, or leave a car there if we can get both canoes on one car.
 Any surplus time, we can spend it in Frontenac provincial park. Any surplus time, we can spend it in Frontenac provincial park.
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 +<note>The canal seems over further than I expected from reading, getting to an appropriate entry/exit point close to the rental company or finding a new rental company would be a good idea</note>
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 +Kingston to Davis lock is two days of canoeing, 25km a day.
  
 I'm thinking maybe the weekend of the 16th, I have to check and see when my cousin is visiting from Montreal as well. I'm thinking maybe the weekend of the 16th, I have to check and see when my cousin is visiting from Montreal as well.
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   * Order from [[http://www.rideaufriends.com/sales/order.html]]   * Order from [[http://www.rideaufriends.com/sales/order.html]]
  
 +<note>Dale, do you have access to a map (1513) or should I order one?</note>
  
 ===== Rentals ===== ===== Rentals =====
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       * $40 plus tax, includes gear.       * $40 plus tax, includes gear.
       * 1/2 hour North of Kingston.       * 1/2 hour North of Kingston.
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 +===== Guides =====
 +[[http://www.rideaufriends.com/documents/watson-guide.pdf|Watson Guide]]
  
 ====== Route and Waypoints ====== ====== Route and Waypoints ======
  
 ===== Waypoints (Locks) ===== ===== Waypoints (Locks) =====
 +http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/tales/index.html
 [[http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/gps-data.html]] [[http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/gps-data.html]]
 +   * - Kingston Mills 
 +      - Newboro 
 +   * 44.703000,-76.295500   - Narrows Lock 35, a lock in the middle of a lake. 
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 +   * 44.895917,-76.027167   - Smith Falls Detached lock 31.
  
 ===== Google Maps Route ===== ===== Google Maps Route =====
 [[http://photonicsguy.ca/gpsmaps/rideau.kmz|Download to Google Earth]] [[http://photonicsguy.ca/gpsmaps/rideau.kmz|Download to Google Earth]]
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