Lock 45 - Port Severn
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site
Port Severn is the northern gateway, and the smallest lock on the Waterway. Its 25.6 metre (84 ft) length limits the size of vessel that can through-navigate the entire Waterway. It is a quick boat ride from Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Lock 45 has large grounds for boater camping and picnicking. Boaters should exercise caution to the west of the lock where they pass under Highway 400, as the channel width is restricted. In periods of high water flows, boaters should be prepared to be buffeted by currents in the navigation channel below the lock.
Getting here
- Address: 175 Port Severn Rd N, Port Severn, Ontario
- Nautical chart: #2029 (more on Nautical charts)
- Kilometer marker: 387.1 km (mile 240.6)
- GPS: 44°48'14.8"N 79°43'13.9"W
Hours of Operation
Contact:
- Phone number: (705) 538 - 2586
- Email address: trentsevern@pc.gc.ca
Navigational data
- Lock length: 25.6 m (84 ft)
- Lock width: 7.0 m (23 ft)
- Average lift: 3.7 m (12 ft)
- Max. mooring period: 2 nights
Facilities and services
- Overnight mooring
- Camping
- Washrooms
- Potable water
- Picnic area
- Visitor information
- Ice ($)
History
Constructed: 1882-1885
In 1914, contracts were awarded to have 3 locks built to connect the Severn River to Georgian Bay at Port Severn, Big Chute, and Swift Rapids, but with the start of World War I there was a shortage of manpower and resources. Lock 45 at Port Severn was nearing completion, so it was finished as a small, "temporary" lock and remains in use to this day - holding the position of smallest lock on the system.
Tourism information
- Southeast Georgian Bay Chamber of Commerce
Phone number: (705) 756-4863
- Simcoe County - Huronia Tourism Association
Phone number: (705) 726-9300 ext 220 or 1-800-487-6642
- Muskoka Tourism
Phone number: 1-800-267-9700
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Related links
- Lock 1 - Trenton
- Lock 2 - Sydney
- Lock 3 - Glen Miller
- Lock 4 - Batawa
- Lock 5 - Trent
- Lock 6 - Frankford
- Lock 7 - Glen Ross
- Lock 8 - Percy Reach
- Lock 9 - Meyers
- Lock 10 - Hagues Reach
- Lock 11-12 - Ranney Falls
- Lock 13 - Campbellford
- Lock 14 - Crowe Bay
- Lock 15 - Healey Falls
- Lock 16 / 17 - Healey Falls Flight Lock
- Lock 18 - Hastings
- Lock 19 - Scotts Mills
- Lock 20 - Ashburnham
- Lock 21 - Peterborough Lift Lock
- Lock 22 - Nassau Mills
- Lock 23 - Otonabee
- Lock 24 - Douro
- Lock 25 - Sawer Creek
- Lock 26 - Lakefield
- Lock 27 - Young's Point
- Lock 28 - Burleigh Falls
- Lock 30 - Lovesick
- Lock 31 - Buckhorn
- Lock 32 - Bobcaygeon
- Lock 33 - Lindsay
- Lock 34 - Fenelon Falls
- Lock 35 - Rosedale
- Lock 36 - Kirkfield
- Lock 37 - Bolsover
- Lock 38 - Talbot
- Lock 39 - Portage
- Lock 40 - Thorah
- Lock 41 - Gamebridge
- Lock 42 - Couchiching
- Lock 43 - Swift Rapids
- Lock 44 - Big Chute Marine Railway
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