The Rideau Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a popular tourist and recreational attraction and the oldest continuously operating canal system in North America. At every bend along the scenic engineering miracle the traveler is gifted with a world of surprises in its adjacent cities, towns and villages.
Joseph begins his Rideau Canal journey in Ottawa where he explores the capital's diverse neighborhoods, historic landmarks, farmer’s markets and hip restaurants. From the Ottawa Locks he climbs aboard his personal Le Boat craft and pilots the luxury vessel along the canal’s watery trail through thick forests, placid waters and picturesque communities.
In Manotick he grinds flour in an ancient mill and samples “butter tarts,” Canada’s quintessential sweet, with the Gingerbread Man. He blows glass “witch balls” in Merrickville, named “Canada's Most Beautiful Village,” and helps First Nations craftspeople build a birch bark canoe at a school in Smiths Falls. From visiting a cannabis factory to dining on maple-syrup-soaked flapjacks and cranking the 19th century locks open by hand, Joseph partakes of the full range of available activities. Join Joseph as he travels the canal’s 125-miles and 47 locks on his Ottawa, Canada and Le Boat adventure. It’s a Travelscope episode that guarantees to please the senses and touch the heart.