UNESCO WHS - Rideau Canal Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Rideau Canal - The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when Great Britain and the United States vied for control of the region. The site, one of the first canals to be designed for steam-powered vessels, also features an ensemble of fortifications. It is the best-preserved example of a slackwater canal in North America. It is the only canal dating from the great North American canal-building era of the early 19th century to remain operational along its original line with most of its structures intact. Name: Rideau Canal Site: Rideau Canal Location: Province of Ontario Inscription: 2007 Category: Cultural (i)(iv) Unesco Ref: 1221-001 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side