Hi Ralph, There is both a fee for lockage and a fee for mooring if you plan to stay overnight . Overnight mooring at the locks is not free. 1. RIDEAU CANAL, CHAMBLY CANAL and OTTAWA RIVER. a. Lockage: Get the Seasonal Lockage Permit. This allows passage through any number of locks throughout the entire season. The same Seasonal Permit is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run by Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. ($8.80 /ft) b. Mooring: Get the Seasonal Overnight Mooring Permit. The same Seasonal Permit is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run by Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. (Normally $9.80 /ft but only $8.80 /ft when purchased with a Seasonal Locking Permit before March 31). c. Parks Canada phone : 1-888-773 8888. On-line Purchase _http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk_ (http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk) NOTE: Ralph plans to cruise both the Rideau and Trent-Severn. The following applies to those cruising the Trent-Severn only. 2. The Trent Severn is on the regular Great Loop route. TRENT SEVERN ONLY; a. Lockage: Get the Transit Permit. This allows the boater to travel the entire Trent Severn from Trenton to Port Severn, i.e. a one time transit where vessels go through each lock station only once. ( $4.65 /ft). b. Mooring: Some loopers buy the seasonal mooring permit because they plan to spend more than 11 nights moored to lock walls. ($9.80 /ft). I do not buy a mooring permit! I prefer to pay as I go at $.90 /ft per night. c. Fee Schedule: _http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102 _ (http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102) The Transit Permit is not available on-line. Call Trent Severn phone: 705 750 4900. Alan Lloyd Author, Great Loop Navigation Notes _www.NavigationNotes.com_ (http://www.NavigationNotes.com) In a message dated 2/14/2012 5:21:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ralph@alphacompservices.com writes: Alan Exactly what permits should we buy for our canal travels in Canada? We will be coming down from Ottawa through the Rideau . Thanks R.

Alan, Do we also need to pay for the dinghy? Thanks for the info. Mike "One September" Virginia Beach > From: ALloyd217@aol.com > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:32:09 -0500 > To: ralph@alphacompservices.com; great-loop@lists.trawlering.com > Subject: Re: GL: Trent-Severn Waterway and other permits > > > Hi Ralph, There is both a fee for lockage and a fee for mooring if you > plan to stay overnight . Overnight mooring at the locks is not free. > > 1. RIDEAU CANAL, CHAMBLY CANAL and OTTAWA RIVER. > a. Lockage: Get the Seasonal Lockage Permit. This allows passage through > any number of locks throughout the entire season. The same Seasonal Permit > is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run by > Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. ($8.80 /ft) > > b. Mooring: Get the Seasonal Overnight Mooring Permit. The same Seasonal > Permit is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run > by Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. (Normally $9.80 /ft but only $8.80 > /ft when purchased with a Seasonal Locking Permit before March 31). > > c. Parks Canada phone : 1-888-773 8888. > On-line Purchase _http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk_ > (http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk) > > > NOTE: Ralph plans to cruise both the Rideau and Trent-Severn. > The following applies to those cruising the Trent-Severn only. > > > > 2. The Trent Severn is on the regular Great Loop route. > TRENT SEVERN ONLY; > a. Lockage: Get the Transit Permit. This allows the boater to travel the > entire Trent Severn from Trenton to Port Severn, i.e. a one time transit > where vessels go through each lock station only once. ( $4.65 /ft). > > b. Mooring: Some loopers buy the seasonal mooring permit because they plan > to spend more than 11 nights moored to lock walls. ($9.80 /ft). I do not > buy a mooring permit! I prefer to pay as I go at $.90 /ft per night. > > c. Fee Schedule: > > _http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102 > _ > (http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102) > The Transit Permit is not available on-line. Call Trent Severn phone: > 705 750 4900. > > > > > Alan Lloyd > Author, Great Loop Navigation Notes > _www.NavigationNotes.com_ (http://www.NavigationNotes.com) > > > > In a message dated 2/14/2012 5:21:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > ralph@alphacompservices.com writes: > > Alan > Exactly what permits should we buy for our canal travels in Canada? We will > be coming down from Ottawa through the Rideau . > Thanks > R. > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

Mike, You do not have to pay for your dinghy if it is up on davits or on your swim platform. However, if you tow your dinghy, then yes you will have to pay for it as another boat. NOTE: that your vessel's overall length is not the registered length, but rather the total length from your anchors and anchor pulpit and the end of your dinghy at the stern. This is particularly true in Michigan where you can not protrude out in a marina fairway beyond the end of the finger piers. John ========================================== On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Dr Michael Hechtkopf wrote: > > Alan, > > Do we also need to pay for the dinghy? > > Thanks for the info. > > Mike > "One September" > Virginia Beach > >> From: ALloyd217@aol.com >> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:32:09 -0500 >> To: ralph@alphacompservices.com; great-loop@lists.trawlering.com >> Subject: Re: GL: Trent-Severn Waterway and other permits >> >> >> Hi Ralph, There is both a fee for lockage and a fee for mooring if you >> plan to stay overnight . Overnight mooring at the locks is not free. >> >> 1. RIDEAU CANAL, CHAMBLY CANAL and OTTAWA RIVER. >> a. Lockage: Get the Seasonal Lockage Permit. This allows passage through >> any number of locks throughout the entire season. The same Seasonal Permit >> is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run by >> Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. ($8.80 /ft) >> >> b. Mooring: Get the Seasonal Overnight Mooring Permit. The same Seasonal >> Permit is also good for the Trent Severn, i.e. one permit for all canals run >> by Parks Canada in Ontario and Quebec. (Normally $9.80 /ft but only $8.80 >> /ft when purchased with a Seasonal Locking Permit before March 31). >> >> c. Parks Canada phone : 1-888-773 8888. >> On-line Purchase _http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk_ >> (http://www.parkscanada.ca/ekiosk) >> >> >> NOTE: Ralph plans to cruise both the Rideau and Trent-Severn. >> The following applies to those cruising the Trent-Severn only. >> >> >> >> 2. The Trent Severn is on the regular Great Loop route. >> TRENT SEVERN ONLY; >> a. Lockage: Get the Transit Permit. This allows the boater to travel the >> entire Trent Severn from Trenton to Port Severn, i.e. a one time transit >> where vessels go through each lock station only once. ( $4.65 /ft). >> >> b. Mooring: Some loopers buy the seasonal mooring permit because they plan >> to spend more than 11 nights moored to lock walls. ($9.80 /ft). I do not >> buy a mooring permit! I prefer to pay as I go at $.90 /ft per night. >> >> c. Fee Schedule: >> >> _http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102 >> _ >> (http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/tarifs_fees_e.asp?park=102) >> The Transit Permit is not available on-line. Call Trent Severn phone: >> 705 750 4900. >> >> >> >> >> Alan Lloyd >> Author, Great Loop Navigation Notes >> _www.NavigationNotes.com_ (http://www.NavigationNotes.com) >> >> >> >> In a message dated 2/14/2012 5:21:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> ralph@alphacompservices.com writes: >> >> Alan >> Exactly what permits should we buy for our canal travels in Canada? We will >> be coming down from Ottawa through the Rideau . >> Thanks >> R. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com >> >> To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, >> unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

No, although not all sales staff are aware of that. When we bought our permits the first day at Mallorytown Park last summer, the young employee rang up charges which included both the mother-ship and dinghy; she was corrected by a supervisor when we questioned the substantial extra charge. I seem to recall that there was a very small extra charge for the dinghy and we got a decal to put on the dinghy to show we'd paid; I know we got a decal for the dinghy, but I'm a little hazy on the fee. I do know that it wasn't a doubling of the fee. <><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base DeFever 41 Trawler Melbourne, Florida Blog: http://mvsanderling.net/Blog Web: http://cruising.mvsanderling.net/ On 2/24/2012 9:01 AM, Dr Michael Hechtkopf wrote: > > Alan, > > Do we also need to pay for the dinghy? > <BIG snip>