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Swift Rapids Marine Railway

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is used by railway staff and currently serves service vehicles from Parks Canada and Orillia Power) and did not become a tourist attraction. Houses built to house power station staff are mostly unused (2 in use by lock master and power station operator), school closed in 1960 and general store/post
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next to their hydro dam (the slip foundation was a lock) and was later staffed by two operators from
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to take vessels up and down the 47 m (154.2 ft) difference. It is located in
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Unlike Big Chute, Swift Rapids was only accessed via water (Swift Rapids Road from
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using the same plan design. Built in 1919 as temporary solution by
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Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (February 5, 2019).
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Swift Rapids Lock 43 (formerly Swift Rapids Marine Railway)
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44°51′24″N 79°32′22″W / 44.8565861°N 79.5394955°W / 44.8565861; -79.5394955
Trent-Severn Waterway
Canada
Parks Canada
patent slips
Trent-Severn Waterway
Orillia Water Light and Power Commission
Transport Canada
Swift Rapids
Severn, Ontario
Severn, Ontario
Big Chute Marine Railway
"Swift Rapids: 1900 to 2000"
"Swift Rapids: A Brief History"
"Lock 43 - Swift Rapids - Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site"
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Ontario
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Categories
Boat lifts
Canals in Ontario
Ontario stubs

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