Facilities and Services, The Trent Severn Waterway

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Facilities and services
Lock station amenities

Parks Canada’s Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site offers washrooms* with potable water at all of our lock stations, except for at Lock 4 and Lock 7. Washrooms at these stations are available for boater public only.

Availability of washrooms outside of operational hours is reserved for overnight visitors who have purchased a mooring permit and/or a camping permit.

Lock 6 Frankford, Lock 31 Buckhorn, Lock 32 Bobcaygeon, and Lock 34 Fenelon Falls now offer hydro hook-ups to boaters wishing to have power overnight. This service is offered on a first come, first served basis. Fees are applicable for this service.

* Lock station washrooms are available to the general public during operational hours only.
Accessibility

Persons requiring assistance with accessibility at any of our sites on the Trent-Severn Waterway may contact Parks Canada Operations Staff through Ont.Trentsevern@pc.gc.ca or Tel: 705-750-4900 Tel (Toll-free in North America Only): 1-888-773-8888 to be accommodated.
Boat Permits

Seasonal Lockage Permit – Allows passage through any number of locks throughout the entire navigation season.
Six-Day Permit – Allows passage through any number of locks on any six days.
One-Day Permit – Allows passage through any number of locks in one day.
Single Lockage and Return Permit – The fee charged to travel through and then return by the same lock station.
Transit Permit – Allows the boater to travel through the Trent-Severn Waterway in one direction only (a one-time transit where vessels go through each lock station only once).

Lockage, mooring and camping permits are available for sale to boaters at most lock stations, online or by calling 1-888-773-8888. Vessel length is used to calculate lockage and mooring fees. Charges for overnight camping are based on group size, or camping is free with the purchase of a mooring permit.

Mooring and camping space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Possession of a valid mooring permit is necessary to moor a vessel overnight at a lock station or bridge station but does not guarantee a docking space. Vessel owners wishing to moor overnight at lock and bridge stations should check in with lock staff upon arrival. Boaters are also responsible for the care of their vessels during the mooring period. Vessels should not be left unattended for long periods of time. Check out time in the morning is 11:00 a.m. on the Trent-Severn Waterway. Boaters must leave the wharf area (wall) by 11:00 a.m. the day following the last permitted mooring night.

Mooring periods vary at different lock stations and bridge stations. Boaters may tie up at locks 1 – 18 for 5 days, but may stay only one night at locks 28, 30, 31, 34, and 42. At all other lock stations, Murray Canal swing bridges and Bridge #50, boaters may stay for 2 nights (48 hrs.).

Blue lines are often used for additional mooring spaces following the day's last lockage. However, boaters must move their vessels off the blue line before the lock opens the next day.

Rafting of vessels is only permitted at lock and bridge stations from the close of navigation for the day to opening the next morning. Boaters on the wall are not required to accept rafting. Rafted vessels are charged the same mooring fee as vessels on the wall.

Vessels having reached the maximum length of stay cannot return to the same wharf or wall for 48 hours, unless directed otherwise by lock staff.

Overnight camping is offered to boaters who arrive by boat and leave by boat. Camping is also permitted for organized cycling and hiking groups at most lock stations, but must be approved in advance.

Vessels towing a boat (aluminum, fiberglass, rubber dingy or personal watercraft) regardless of size, with or without an engine, will require a lockage permit for the towed craft. A mooring permit for a towed vessel is also a requirement.

Vessels 12ft and under are charged a 12ft minimum rate for all permits.

Payment may be made by cash, by personal cheque with proper identification or with Visa/Mastercard.

Permits are valid only during the year of issue and are not transferable or refundable.

Seasonal lockage, mooring or transit decals must be affixed to the vessel. Other permits must be available for verification or validation by lock staff.

Seasonal overnight mooring permits are also valid for use at St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Georgian Bay Islands National Park and Fathom Five Marine Park (boaters using a campsite must also pay a camping fee).

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