Jones Falls
Recently, DW and I found ourselves back at Jones Falls, which is part of the Rideau Lakes system and has four locks that can carry you from Whitefish Lake to Sand Lake, between Kingston and Smiths Falls. It was our first time back in more than 13 years. We put our kayaks in at Morton Dam, which is about two kilometres away, as the crow flies, but about five kilometres by paddling down a narrow bay into the main body of Whitefish Lake. This bay is beautiful, with bare cliffs and lovely foliage on both sides. We were with our Paddlefolk, and the last time we were out here, we were with two other people: our kids. In late August and early September, 2013, DW and I rented a 17-foot ultralight canoe, loaded it up with camping gear, food, and other supplies, and our two kids, and we paddled from Kingston Mills to Ottawa along the Rideau Lakes waterways . It took us 10 days to travel the 202-km route. On that late-summer day, we reached the locks too late to travel up them. We had a Parks Can...
