Lower Beverley Lake is a
lake
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in southeastern
Ontario
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,
Canada
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, and was included in the original survey plan for the
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal is a 202-kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its 46 Lock (water navigation), locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres (272 ...
. It was struck from the final plan, and is separated from the Rideau system by a dam at
Morton.
Upper and Lower Beverley Lakes were included in the original surveyed plans for the canal in the early 1800 but there would have been insufficient water to maintain the water levels in the summer and so the plans were altered.
Situated between the two lakes is the town of
Delta, Ontario
Delta, Ontario
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, named for the formation of land between the two lakes, and the historic Delta mill.
Lakes of Ontario
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