OAR Tay Canal Tour
Sat, May 28
|Last Duel Park, Perth ON
The Tay Canal is a historic route, built in 1831 as part of the Rideau Canal system. We will follow the canal rowing through a rural landscape, passing period houses, farms and marshland, as well as sections of the Pike River, from which the Tay Canal was built.
Time & Location
May 28, 2022, 9:00 a.m.
Last Duel Park, Perth ON, 22 Craig St, Perth, ON K7H 1X8, Canada
About the Event
This is a full day tour, open to rowers with a full season of sculling, and preferably with experience in a quad.
Participants will meet in Perth at Last Duel Park at 9:00 AM. Boats will be unloaded and a few vehicles as well as the boat trailer and van will be shuttled to the end point at Poonamalie Lockstation. Those not shuttling vehicles will rig the boats.
The Tay Canal is a historic route, built in 1831 as part of the Rideau Canal system. We will follow the canal rowing through a rural landscape, passing period houses, farms and marshland, as well as sections of the Pike River, from which the Tay Canal was built.