Merrickville.

Love seeing and listening to the loons!

Boomerang looks like she’s sitting on a street!

We’re docked on that wall.

Leaving the lock.

Entering the lock.

The ruins of a woolen mill in Merrickville. 

The spillway below the dam - very scenic and the dam trail

Goes along side of it. Nice path with a chance to 

Get your feet wet too!

Locking through.

Entering the lock.

The spillway - very scenic.

     This appeared to be a venue setting - looks like it used to

                                          Be a church.

                We don’t see these signs in southern Illinois!

        Super cute and looks like they celebrated Pride Month.

                                            So pretty!

        More of the Canadian Adirondack chairs signifying a    

           Peaceful place to sit, relax and soak up the beauty!   

                I’m not sure what this boarded up building is. 

                                           The ruins.

                                        Ruins again.

                                         Downtown.

                    Jeff and Malcolm repairing the dinghy.

        They had a car show near the marina. It was over when

                     I happened upon it but saw the beauty. 

                                          Dates 1818.

                               Alloy Foundry Company.

              Jeff, Traxx and I found this photo stop on a walk.

         Rachel and Malcolm in Stay Cool - our buddy boat.

                                  Jeff and I at the ruins.

                                      Locking through.

                                       The Blockhouse.

We arrived in Merrickville on June 14 and stayed for 2 nights. We stayed on a walk which was situated right downtown. It was a quaint town with boutiques, restaurants and pubs. We had power and water on the wall, which is always a bonus! 

Merrrickville had a lot of history. From the dock wall, the first think to grab our attention were the ruins. It was a big crumbling foundation which used to be a woolen mill.  It was constructed in 1844 and later destroyed by a fire, for a running span of 106 years. You can walk around the old foundation; parts are barred off for entry but it’s still cool to see!

The Blockhouse, located on the banks of the Rideau Canal, in Merrickville, was erected to protect against a possible invasion - mostly from the United States. It never saw much action, but you can see how thick the walls are and also the gun slits in the building. The whole canal was basically constructed for the transportation of goods and communication, between Montréal and Kingston, in case of an attack that would obstruct St. Lawrence Seaway. And I guess in the War of 1812, this threat became a reality. Enough of this history lesson!

We were hoping to tour the Alloy Foundry Company but it was

closed while we were there. We were able to peek through the 

windows and saw some signs they had made. It’s the oldest foundry in Canada and continue to cast in bronze, iron and aluminum. It’s been in business since 1840 (obviously not original owners and looks as if they havent bothered with cleaning the front of the building since then either!)

Also in Merrickville, Jeff and Malcom repaired the dinghy. We had a small leak in the floor of it, so they took it apart and tried to patch it.  Unfortunately, the first time, it didn’t hold.  The second time - it worked! 

Of course, we fished a little while there, but didn’t catch anything worth keeping.