Lock #34 on Trent-Severn Waterway at Fenelon Falls and April 2026 Flood

Lock: (Satellite)

Dam: (Satellite)

Falls: (Satellite)

April 2026 Flood

Apr 17:

Andy McNeilly posted, cropped
A boat going over Fenelon Falls. April 17, 2026. Be safe everyone. Fenelon Falls, Ontario.

I put a yellow box around the boat.

Reel plus Paint

Same reel just a little later

This is the dam that the boat went through.

Street View, Sep 2021

And it gets worse! This falls is just downstream from the dam. We can see a couple of the danger signs on the dam peaking out from under the bridge.

Street View, Jun 2015

This is the lock that the boat was supposed to go through.

Street View, Sep 2021

Navigational data

Lock length: 36.6 m (120 ft)

Lock width: 9.7 m (32 ft)

Average lift: 7.2 m (24 ft)

Max. mooring period: 2 nights

[parks]

At one time, this must have been a double lock.

Street View, Sep 2024

The boat was supposed to stay to the port side of the markers.

Why didn't it get caught by the safety chain?

Satellite

This is what those markers look like.

David Triggerson, Oct 2021