Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) 1. World Heritage Property Data Comment Parks Canada Jewel Cunningham Director, Ontario 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property Waterways Unit P.O. Box 567, 2155 Ashburnham Drive Peterborough, Ontario K9J 6Z6 Telephone: +1 (0) 705 750 Rideau Canal 4919 Fax: +1 (0) 705 750 4934 Email: [email protected] 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details State(s) Party(ies) 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) Canada 1. View photos from OUR PLACE the World Type of Property Heritage collection cultural 2. Website of the property Identification Number Comment 1221 Please REMOVE: #1. Our Place Please ADD: World Heritage Year of inscription on the World Heritage List in Canada (Eng) - http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/spm- 2007 whs/index.aspx World Heritage in Canada (Fre) - http://www.pc.gc.ca/fra/progs/spm-whs/index.aspx 1.3 - Geographic information table 1.8 - Other designations/Conventions under which the Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription (longitude / (ha) zone (ha) year property is protected (if applicable) latitude) (ha) Comment Rideau Canal , 44.994 / - 21427.07 2334.78 23761.85 0 Rideau Canal: National Historic Site of Canada (1926) Province of Ontario 75.765 Canadian Heritage River (2000) - Rideau River only Fort Henry, 44.231 / -76.46 23.9 11.88 35.78 0 Kingston , Merrickville Blockhouse National Historic Site of Canada Province of Ontario (1939) Note: part of Rideau Canal at Merrickville Lockstation Fort Frederick, 44.228 / -76.47 3.1 3 6.1 0 Fort Henry National Historic Site of Canada (1923) Murney Kingston , Tower National Historic Site of Canada (1930) Kingston Province of Ontario Fortifications National Historic Site of Canada (1989) Cathcart Tower, 44.225 / - 0.25 9.15 9.4 0 (designation includes Fort Henry, Murney Tower, Shoal Cedar Island , 76.454 Tower, Cathcart Tower, Fort Frederick) Province of Ontario Shoal 44.229 / - 0.32 1.68 2 0 Tower,Kingston , 76.478 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Province of Ontario Murney Tower, 44.222 / -76.49 0.17 2.71 2.88 0 Kingston , 2.1 - Province of Ontario Statement of Outstanding Universal Value/Statement of Total (ha) 21454.81 2363.2 23818.01 Significance Comment Inscription year should read 2007 for all components. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value The Rideau Canal is a large strategic canal constructed for 1.4 - military purposes which played a crucial contributory role in allowing British forces to defend the colony of Canada against Map(s) the United States of America, leading to the development of Title Date Link to source two distinct political and cultural entities in the north of the Map 1. Rideau Canal. Nominated property. 01/02/2006 American continent, which can be seen as a significant stage in human history. Criterion (i): The Rideau Canal remains the best preserved 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the example of a slackwater canal in North America Property demonstrating the use of European slackwater technology in Rebecca Kennedy North America on a large scale. It is the only canal dating from International Programs, Parks Canada the great North American canal-building era of the early 19th Program Specialist century that remains operational along its original line with Comment most of its original structures intact. Please replace with: Vice President, Heritage Conservation Criterion (iv): The Rideau Canal is an extensive, well and Commemoration Directorate Parks Canada Agency 25, preserved and significant example of a canal which was used rue Eddy, étage/floor 5 K1A 0M5 Gatineau Canada for a military purpose linked to a significant stage in human Telephone: +1(819) 994-1808 Fax: +1 (819) 934-1115 history - that of the fight to control the north of the American continent. The nominated property includes all the main elements of the 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / original canal together with relevant later changes in the Agency shape of watercourses, dams, bridges, fortifications, lock Pamela Buell stations and related archaeological resources. The original Parks Canada plan of the canal, as well as the form of the channels, has Manager of External Relations remained intact. The Rideau Canal has fulfilled its original Eastern Ontario Field Unit dynamic function as an operating waterway without Page 1 Export Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:03:18 PM CEST Report Title: Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) Publisher: World Heritage Centre Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) interruption since its construction. Most of its lock gates and sluice valves are still operated by hand-powered winches. All the elements of the nominated area (canal, associated buildings and forts) are protected as national historic sites under the Historic Sites and Monuments Act 1952-3. A buffer zone has been established. Repairs and conservation of the locks, dams, canal walls and banks are carried out directly under the control of Parks Canada. Each year one third of the canal''s assets are thoroughly inspected by engineers. A complete inventory thus exists of the state of conservation of all parts of the property. A Management Plan exists for the canal (completed in 1996 and updated in 2005), and plans are nearing completion for Fort Henry and the Kingston fortifications. The Canal Plan is underpinned by the Historic Canals Regulations which provide an enforcement mechanism for any activities that might impact on the cultural values of the monument. 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the property was inscribed (i)(iv) 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Value per criterion The Rideau Canal is a masterpiece of human creative genius, in its concept, design and engineering. The slackwater system is shown by 74 dams, 47 locks at 24 lockstations, using dams and embankments to create lakes to serve as reservoirs. This outstanding example of a technology ensemble, illustrates a significant stage in human history, reflected in the strategic military route to connect Montreal to Lake Ontario, and the associated dams, bridges, fortifications, lockstations and archaeology. 2.4 - If needed, please provide details of why the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value should be revised n/a 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and/or recommendations related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value n/a 3. Factors Affecting the Property 3.14. Other factor(s) 3.14.1 - Other factor(s) Page 2 Export Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:03:18 PM CEST Report Title: Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) Publisher: World Heritage Centre Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) 3.15. Factors Summary Table 3.15.1 - Factors summary table Name Impact Origin 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.1 Housing 3.1.2 Commercial development 3.1.4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3.1.5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure 3.2.5 Underground transport infrastructure 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.2 Renewable energy facilities 3.3.4 Localised utilities 3.4 Pollution 3.4.2 Ground water pollution 3.4.3 Surface water pollution 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.3 Temperature 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.2 Society's valuing of heritage 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities 3.9.2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3.10 Climate change and severe weather events 3.10.1 Storms 3.10.2 Flooding 3.10.3 Drought Page 3 Export Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:03:18 PM CEST Report Title: Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) Publisher: World Heritage Centre Periodic Reporting Rideau Canal (Section II) Name Impact Origin 3.10.6 Temperature change 3.10.7 Other climate change impacts 3.11 Sudden ecological or geological events 3.11.2 Earthquake 3.11.5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3.11.6 Fire (widlfires) 3.13 Management and institutional factors 3.13.1 Low impact research/monitoring activities 3.13.3 Management activities Legend Current Potential Negative Positive Inside Outside 3.16. Assessment of current negative factors 3.16.1 - Assessment of current negative factors 3.1 Buildings and Developmentaaa Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management response Trend 3.1.1 Housing localised on-going minor high capacity static 3.1.4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure restricted one off or rare minor high capacity static 3.2 Transportation Infrastructureaaa Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management response Trend 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure restricted intermittent or sporadic significant high capacity increasing 3.2.5 Underground transport infrastructure restricted one off or rare insignificant high capacity static 3.3 Services Infrastructuresaaa Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management response Trend 3.3.2 Renewable energy facilities restricted intermittent or sporadic minor high capacity increasing 3.3.4 Localised utilities restricted one off or rare minor high capacity static 3.4 Pollutionaaa Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management response Trend 3.4.2 Ground water pollution localised intermittent or sporadic minor medium capacity decreasing 3.4.3 Surface water pollution localised intermittent or sporadic minor low capacity decreasing 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabricaaa Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management response Trend 3.7.3 Temperature widespread on-going minor high capacity