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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque ie document est trop grand pour Stre reproduit en un seul ciichd. il est fiimd d partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant ie nombre d'imnges n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 REPORT ,'' / ON OPENING OUT NAVIGATION FROM RICE LAKE TO BAY OF QUINTE BV MR. SAMUEL KEEPER. C. E. ANri MR. JAMES LYONS, C. E. PETERBOROUGH ; STRATTON, PRINTER, "EXAMINER" STEAM PRESSES. 18S2. Mr. James Lyons' Report. \ Report oil the practicabilitx of connecting the Reach above Hcetys FdVs and the Bay of Quinte by a Canal inland, and minji,' those sections vf the River ichich are at present navigable. The strong objections against damming the bed oJ a river in an\- instance, particularly where there is a strong current, rendered it necessary to make a most careful examination of the countrj- between Heely's Falls and Crow liay. A ravine was pointed out by the inhabitants which has always been considered practicable. ' and which is shewn on the plan of this section. In the hope of finding it so, regardless of its distancje. I commenced a line of levels, and at a distance of 33 chains and 85 links from the river, arrived at a level r 1.76 feet above the top of the dam, and at the distance of I mi,r 42 chains and 59 links, obtained a level 51 feet above the .same point. I then had to return to the bed of the river. No. 2. — The plan and section will shew the plan propo.sed for its improvement ; itsco.st, as per estimate, will amount to ^46,255.- io.<. 5d., which will carry the navigation to Crow Bay, a very fine sheet of navigable water not less than 10 feet deep at its lowest level. The di.stance from Heely's to Crow Bay by the bed of the river is 1 mile. 35 chains and 40 links, and the difference of level, lowest water, 79.246 feet. No. 3. — The next section inland is from Crow Bay to Perc\- Landing, a di.stance of 8 mile.s, 69 chains and 29 links, with a differ- ence of level, 153,102 feet. The shape of the ground selected is admirably adapted, which will appear by an examinatiou of the section ; the cuttings and embankments are not great, but entirely through .solid rock, and the cost as per estimate, amounts to ^i 12,738 1 2s. rid. No. 4. — I'^-om Percy Landing the river is made navigable by the lock at Chisholm's Rapids for a distance of about 14 miles, from thence to Widow Harris' it is not navigable, there being two bar» with only i]/, feet of water covering them ; but, by the improvement embraced in the estimate of the 3rd and following section, its navigation will be made complete; the probable di.stance is 6 miles. 42 chains and 70 links. No. 5. — From Widow Harris to the point near the mouth of the river, where the first lock was originall)- proposed, (and which is in part excavated from thence towards the river,) a distance of 7 .x-sar,J,s the shape of "tlL'S;, rtj"" r^^"" " ^^/^^ streams, and it haoDcns fh^f tuL r ' - . ^'^"•^•"^'^s very few comes on a level S, he Surface"*? „"/,i'r '"f"' ?f '"-^ .i«har,ed in .heir former beds SoI:;:l„"[..tV:"^„?e" "" '"' ma>.^efc;^t«-rsit,;rrc;^:::;s'-'"- fSiqrnccl.i JAMKS LYONS. / perpcnduular sule. , ./.;.« on embanhneut Uoo to o„e .■ WA-s .jj, jjTj of the r™^ mil^^^Th "f"^^ ^^'!^ !° ^-"- «->'• ^^ong the bed level: lowe;t\;at.V9.tc"eer^4^ '" '^^^^^ ^^''^erence of Kntrance Pier jC ■»'• Fifth mile 7,812 Sixth mile 6,315 Seventh mile 5. 'SO Eighth mile 5,072 69 chains and 29 links 6,025 Piers for stop-logs 156 I Lock, 12 feet lift, including gates, &c 3,547 •3.547- •3.547 .9.' 07 •3.823 3.823 .2,926 •3.374 3.730 •2,951 3 «7 «4 4 combined. 36 feet lift single. 14 14 9 10.75 " 12 9.21 Culverts, bridge.s, &c 5.329 8 5 9 10 i6 10 9 9 10 2 t 17 '3 o o o 10 o o o 10 o 10 o 8 4 o o o o o o o o o o o o '05,363 4 5 Add 7 ;;, for contingencies and unforseen expen.ses. 7,375 8 6 \ / Total o{ second section 112,738 12 11 Section 3. — From Widow Harris' to the mouth of the Trent. Length 7 miles, "jj chains and 30 links. Difference of level 110.- 472 feet. First mile 2,H7 'o H Second mile 4,686 19 7 Third mile 7.476 i 6 Fourth mile 6,984 6 5 Fifth mile 7.650 10 10 Sixth mile 6,061 13 7 Seventh mile 6,826 7 5 "jiy chains and 30 links 9.071 9 8£; Piers for -Stop-logs, &c 156 13 o 1 Lock, 12 feet lift, with lock-gates, &c 4.072 o o 3.547 o o " 3.27' o o " 3,824 10 o 3.271 o o I " I It 10 I (t '4 I it 10 3 8 '7 5 '4 9 4 lO i6 lO 9 9 ro 2 t 8 '7 4 '3 o o o o o 10 o o o o (0 o o o 10 o o 4 5 8 6 7 6 3 8§ O O o o o o I 2 " combined. 1 4 and 1 2 feet lift, with lock-gates. &c.6,6o5 ' o o • "single, 14 feet lift, " " 3824 10 o ' ," " . •4-27 " " " 3.889 o o Culverts, bridges, &c.. &c 6,673 4 o \AA -, o f .- ■ . r 90,009 6 ^ ^aa 7 o lor contingencies and unforseen expenses. 6,300 13 o Total of third section 96,309 19 ^ Total amount of the three sections 255,304 3 oj Nothing allowed for engineering, superintendence or damages for land. (Signed,) JAMES LYONS. Mr. Samuel Keefer's Report. Board ok Works, Montreal, 23rd April. 1846. SlR,~In reference to Mr. Lyons' .survey for a canal to conr t the reach abo\e Heely's Falls, upon the Trent River, with the bay of Quinte. I have the honor to report as follows : — The Otonabee, which empties itself into Rice Lake, about 12 miles from its lower end, has been made navigable as far up as Peterborough, and the object of the present survey was to ascertain the practicability and expense of connecdng the Rice Lake with Lake Ontario, by an inland canal of the same size as the Rideau corresponding with which the locks upon the Otonabee and Trent have been built. The difference of level between Rice Lake and Lake Ontario IS about 365 feet, so that the whole fall to be overcome is 35 feet more than that of the Welland canal, which is 330 feet. The lock at Crooks' Rapids, situated at the foot of Rice Lake, overcomes a fall of 8 feet, and opens a navigation of 53 miles in extent, from Peterborough to Heely's Falls, at which place the present survey begins. Between Heely's Falls and the mouth of the Trent, another reach of 20>^ miles of this river has been made navigable, by means of a lock at Chisholm's Rapids, the fall of which is 8^^ feet This navifjablc portion of the Trent extends from Percy L.'ind- injr nearly down to the Widow Harris' ; and in order to complete the na\ i' of the I'rent. made by Mr. liaird in the year 1833, he proposed to make this river navigable by moans of a series of locks and dams, and, in accordance with his plans, the three locks above mentioned and the ilanis with which the>- arc connected were undertaken b>- the Commissioners, and have since been completed under the direction of the Hoard of Works, for the purpose of taking advantage of the long reaches of the river which are made available by their means. Ikit since the erecti(Mi of the slides upon the Trent, and the great impetus that has been giv en to the lumber trade in con- sequence, it has now become sufficiently apparent tliat the system of l(jcks and dams is neither a suitable nor a safe one tf> be adopted for this navigation. Nor would it be wise, (even supposing that the immense quantities of timber descending the Trent could be conducted down it without injur}- to the works,) to expend so large a sum as would be necessary to make this navigation, when the essential structures upon which its very existence depends, viz., the dams, are subject to annual and sudden floods, and the failure of only one of which might possibly cause the destruction of the whole. In making the present survey it wa.s, therefore, laid down as a fixed principle that the canal .should be made inland, and beyond the influence of the floods ; and, notwithstanding it was evident from the formation of the country that both shores of the river were composed of stratified limestone, it was considered as the only safe and proper mode of accomplishing the end in view. Froin various reports made to me of the existence of ravines which afforded facilities for making the canal around Heely's Falls. 1 hoped to be able to find an inland route from thence to Percy Landing ; but, after much time and pains spent by Mr. Lyons in the search, no such favourable line could be found. He was there- fore under the necessity of resorting to th^ bed of the river itself as the only practicable means of surmounting the obstacles to the navigation presented between Heely's Falls and Crow Bay. This portion of the river comprehends his First Section, which is one mile and 35 chains long, and the fall, which is 79)^ feet, is propo.scd to be overcome by eight locks. His estimate for this section is ^46,255 los. 5d. 1 am fully persuaded, however, that this part of his plan will not answer, both on account of the interference of the lumber trade with his propo.sed navigation, as well as the danger to which . « 'm^t j^:;:!^ -'^'^ '---.uence or floods .nc, .0^^^^^^ m danger of being totally c estroT^oH ' T V^^ ''^"""^ P'^^^^". 't is can be found, thi.^sectio^ mustTe re.i tM ^'"•''' '■""^^^'^«" ^^is I am not prepared to prononncc it sn' h '', ""P'-^cticable ; but add.t.onai expense it fs poSe o car^v'thr ' 'Tr' ^"^^^^^an <^f he hill until the level of the tll^u P u *''*"''' ^'°"{.' the brow and then to descend from it into '^v'^T Bay " ""' ^''^ '^ ^«-""'- The survey made bv \Tr r . -son to admit of A.rthi: o:.^^:;::^^;:^^^^ '^^^ ^" ^'- be cxT'aS'';:ie'^tlstfen .r'^T^ '^ ^^ ^^-able as could canal must necessarily pass ?hro.?r^^ that the line for the enabled to select a vl^/g^^d Kj^^^ and he has been ; out of reacn of the floods ^nH ^l ^'^'^ '''^^^ ^'^c of the river The fall, in this d Sance % m fee? T ^'^^^^"'^ ^^ ^he r ver '-U His estimate for i;\:'iH?;3r^^,,rnd."'"'^°"^ ""^ '^ the country through which" musTj;al?' '^"'" ^'^^ ^«^^>' ^^-"'^ seiccS^ j^^,:t^t'br",s;^^::f;'''^ r ^'^v^-- -^ ^'- th.s secfon is very nearlv nine miles the f.n"''"- ?^ '^"^^h of --unted by nine loc^. Hir:;!t^^^l;V^3^t. ancl . tions'i^^«;^''.^^^^;^,^^-^Uom^. , .ded in these three sec^ number of locks required^ 9 ^^^,f^',^^^^^^^^^^^^ feet; the Mr. Lyons at ^255.304 3s. ^.' ^ ^"^''' '^"'^^ '^ estimated by Mr. i^; h^^:ri;:^if :,;;LS;t :?£;^^- ; - --meed that be encountered in carrying thrprono sed uo L '' '^"^ ^''fficulties to have taken the sections furnisLnT "^ !'''" '"*" execution. I and affixed prices, .such a'works of^ Srsamtt^^' ^'^^ ^"-^^'*'- tract w.th the Hoard, have been taken at .^ I '^.'^'^■'^' "«"' ""der con- cstimatc is— ^" ^^^^" at, and m this manner my For the I.St .section.. 2nd " -^' 05,455 o o 3rd " '^^9,383 o o '44.465 o o Total .... ^. . ^6399,303 o o 8 this e^fi!Lr"''T'"'^' *" ^^^""n^ y^""" ^"ention with the details of thrs estimate or to ponu out all the difilerenccs between this and \ocUoniT:f'vr '•■ f- V>'°"^' ^"* ^ ^^'" merely observe that a u^th ^/ feS^nf ' ;^5 '^^^^ •""-.;," »he chambers. 33 feet wide, and w ith 4^2 feet of water on the sills, including gates and workini- ^ar^complete. ,s estimated b>- Mr. Lyons at^^3.547. and hrme at After the experience of the last six vears as to the cost of stone ocks m various parts of the Province. I am quite safe in stating mn<^?th.ihV"fK'"''"''^'''P*'"" requireclfor this naviga on Welland Canal have cost upwards of ^6.000 each. ! '^/^^^^ therefore to observe in conclusion, that accordint: to the best judgment 1 can form of the projected improvement' of the / 1^00^ n "P'"'°rK " '''*'. '■' ^°"'^ '■^q"''-^ ^" appropriation of iln^'?^ u'*''!''"'^"*^'^' 'ndependentlv of the expense of bund u'llof ; ':.k"' '*'"' "' ^"^^•■^^ *^^ °*'^^'- »'^" '^-^^tions iLay 1^ addti "n^^V;rn.se.' "'"' ^'^ ^^"^' "^^>' ^ -P^-^ -'»^-^ 1 have the honor to be Sir, V'our obedient servant. rSigned.) SAMUEL KEEFER. Tu L, T , .. Engineer. Board of Works. I he Hon. Hamilton H. Killaly.