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This section of the Rideau website features information about how this amazing piece of engineering works and how the whole of the waterway is maintained.

	How a Lock Works - The basics of how a lock works.
	Water Management Overview - how the Rideau was designed to manage water flow, how it is currently done.
	Water Management on the Rideau - an article by Kerry McGonegal, Water Management Officer, Parks Canada.
	Controlling the Waters - an article by Professor Brian Osborne of Queen's University
	Rule Curves - water levels of the Rideau Lakes
	Problems and Conflicts - a history of problems between landowners and the canal over the control of water
	Maintenance of the Locks - a short article about yearly maintenance of the locks.
	Emergency Repairs - A Tale of Two Sills - information supplied by Joe Brown and Bill Pratt of Parks Canada.

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Current Water Levels

Parks Canada's Rideau Canal website has a section called Water Management InfoNet which details water management, including current water levels on the Rideau Canal.

See: www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/info/infonet