Big Chute Marine Railway, ON

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This was one of the coolest things we have seen so far. The boat lift was constructed to move vessels over land (a climb of about 60 vertical feet) from one lake to another, along the Trent-Severn waterway. The first was built in the early 1900's, but later rebuilt in 1979 to accommodate larger vessels and handle a busier schedule. Boats are loaded into a sort of cradle, moved up a train track, over a road which stops traffic just like a train, then down the other side to the next lake. We were able to watch several boats being moved - only took about 10 minutes for the one-way trip. Then reload to bring another boat back. Cool!

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Photos

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Boat waiting to be loaded

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Boat moving into the cradle

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Climbing up from one lake

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Up and over the road

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Back down the other side

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Released into the next lake

Big Chute Marine Railway, ON
Gone

Comments

[Donna Reinke]

Enjoying the Blog!
Really enjoying your blog - it's nice learning about and seeing different places. Love the pics!

[Mike]

that is cool. Have to do some of that fun stuff one day.