Water Rideau Canal - one of the main attractions of Ottawa, Canada's capital. It was built in 6 years, from 1826 to 1832, it is an unusually short time for those years. Haste in building due to the fact that the Government of Canada, because of the military actions of the Canadian colony of the British empire against the United States, feared war with the United States of America, its close neighbor, and the Rideau Canal waterway was an alternative in case of loss in the war the St. Lawrence River.
John Bai, chief engineer of the project, so skillfully and solidly designed channel length is 202 kilometers, which even today, after a century and a half since the opening of the channel, its gateway is still functioning normally. At the moment, the Rideau Canal is a major water transport bridge between Kingston and Ottawa. As it continues to attend court, the maximum width of the ship can reach 8 meters, height of 6.7 meters, length is 27 meters and the depth of the dive ship up to 1 meter.
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