![This 1688 map [1910 copy] is one of the first to name the Rideau River. "Kataracoux" is today's Kingston and "Tonniata" is Brockville.](/media/k2/items/cache/3119c7be2ab58173062c39c6b8c72ed7_XL.jpg)
This 1688 map [1910 copy] is one of the first to name the Rideau River. "Kataracoux" is today's Kingston and "Tonniata" is Brockville.
Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002622264/
Ken Watson, a member of the Board of “Friends of the Rideau” since 1997, is a geologist with a deep interest in Rideau heritage and the environment.
Ken recounts the history of the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America: History of the Rideau Canal.
