Hot discount: Early Bird passes for Canadian waterways until March 31

Lock and Mooring Permit

Feb 11, 2021

Lock and Mooring PermitEarly bird discount for boaters are here until March 31, 2021!

Purchase a Seasonal Lockage and Mooring Package and receive 20% off the price of lockage and 10% off the price of mooring.

For example: Seasonal lockage and mooring package

Includes one seasonal lockage and one seasonal mooring permit for the same vessel.

Provides unlimited access to seven national historic canals, two national parks and one national marine conservation area.Valid for the entire navigation season.

Cost for boats from 12 to 84 feet reduced from $19.01 to 16.21 per foot

Another example: Seasonal lockage permit

Provides unlimited passage through locks at seven national historic canals across Canada.

Valid for the entire navigation season.

Cost for boats 12 to 84 feet reduced from $8.99 to 7.19 per foot

Details Here

 

Locations: Ontario
Rideau Canal National Historic Site

Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site

 

Quebec:
Carillon Canal National Historic Site

Chambly Canal National Historic Site

Lachine Canal National Historic Site

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site

Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site

 

Locations that do not charge lockage fees:
St. Peters Canal National Historic Site , Nova Scotia

Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site, Ontario
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