Date: May 20 to June 26 Days
Monday to Thursday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday to Sunday, and Victoria Day: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Date: June 27 to September 5 Days
Monday to Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday to Sunday, and Canada Day, Civic Holiday, and Labour Day: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Date: September 6 to October 10 Days
Monday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday to Sunday, and Thanksgiving: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2016 Scheduled Lockage
Lock stations are unstaffed after hours. Authorized visitors are asked to exercise caution. You cannot access lock stations between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. For emergencies after hours, please call 911 for police, fire, and ambulance. To report illegal harvesting of fish or wildlife, please call the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry TIPS line at 1-877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667).
Important Points about the Last Lockage
Follow these guidelines to maximize your chances of being locked through at the end of the day: 1. Arrive in your vessel at the designated blue zone at least 30 minutes before closing time. 2. At swing bridges, the last bridge swing will be 20 minutes before closing time. Station opening and closing times, as well as first and final lockage, are not guaranteed. Water management duties, maintenance activities, and other navigation interruptions may affect these times.
Additional Points of Interest
Mooring and camping space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. You need a valid mooring permit to moor a vessel overnight at a lock station or bridge station. Nonetheless, a valid mooring permit does not guarantee a docking space. Mooring periods vary at different lock stations and bridge stations. Boaters may tie up at locks 1 through 18 for five 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 two nights (48 hours). Blue lines often double as 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 that have reached the maximum length of stay cannot return to the same wharf or wall for 48 hours unless directed otherwise by lock staff. Camping at lock stations is primarily for boaters and is unavailable to land-based users with tents or self-contained motor vehicles. Cyclists and trail hikers may camp at selected lock stations if they purchase a camping permit. 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. Those with vessels 12 feet and under pay a 12-foot 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. You must affix a seasonal lockage, mooring or transit decal to the vessel. Other permits must be available for verification or validation by lock staff. Seasonal overnight mooring permits are also valid at St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Georgian Bay Islands National Park, and Fathom Five Marine Park. (Boaters who use a campsite must also pay a camping fee.)
