Historic Canals Regulations (SOR/93-220)

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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14

38. No person shall, while on a vessel that is passing through a lock of a historic canal,

(a) smoke or have an open flame including a pilot light;
(b) turn on or off, or attempt to turn on or off, any appliance; or
(c) until directed to do so by an employee, operate or attempt to operate an engine.

39. (1) Subject to subsection (4), no person in charge of a vessel shall, except in accordance with a permit issued under subsection (2), allow the vessel to pass through a lock of the Saint-Ours, Chambly, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Carillon, Rideau or Lachine Canal or a lock of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
(2) The superintendent may, on receipt of an application, issue a permit authorizing the applicant to pass the vessel through a lock of a historic canal referred to in subsection (1).
(3) The superintendent may issue a permit referred to in subsection (2) without payment of a fee in respect of any vessel that
- (a) is operated by a federal, provincial or municipal agency or non-profit charitable organization and is used by the agency or non-profit charitable organization on its official business; or
- (b) is no longer than 5.5 m and is in the charge of a person who was born on or before December 31, 1926.
(4) The person in charge of a vessel may pass through a lock of a historic canal named in subsection (1) for the purpose of obtaining a permit, if the person does not proceed further along the historic canal than to a lock station at which permits are issued.

Mooring of Vessels

40. (1) No person in charge of a vessel shall moor the vessel or allow it to be moored in a historic canal in a manner that obstructs navigation.
(2) No person in charge of a vessel shall moor the vessel or allow it to be moored along an approach wharf during the hours of operation of the lock, unless the vessel is waiting to enter the lock.
(3) No person shall affix a mooring line to a structure or object at a lock station, other than a structure or object designed for that purpose.
(4) No person shall, except in accordance with a permit issued under subsection (5), moor a vessel at a place designated by means of a sign or notice as requiring a mooring permit.
(5) The superintendent may, on receipt of an application, issue a mooring permit.
(6) Where a space at a wharf is designated by means of a sign or notice as being reserved for a certain period for a particular type or class of vessel, no person shall moor a vessel in the space during that period unless the vessel is of that type or class.
(7) No person shall moor a vessel at a wharf for a period that exceeds the period designated for that wharf.
(8) No person in charge of a vessel that has been moored at a lock station shall return to moor the vessel at the same lock station until a period of 24 hours has elapsed from the time of the vessel’s departure from the lock station.