The book is available at the following locations:
Ottawa – Chapters-Rideau ( corner Sussex & George)
– Books on Beechwood
- Canal Museum – 1 Canal Lane ( between Chateau Laurier and Parliament
(reached from Wellington - Sappers Bridge)
- Collected Works – 1242 Wellington Street (west of Parkdale)
Brockville – Leeds County Books – 73 King Street West
Carleton Place – Read’s Book Store – 130 Lansdowne Avenue
Chaffey’s Lock – Lockmaster’s House Museum
Smiths Falls – Heritage House Museum – Old Sly’s Road
Inverary – Mahon Equipment Limited
Kingston – Chapters- Cataraqui
– Indigo – 259 Princess Street
Lyndhurst – The Green Gecko www.greengecko.ca
Manotick – Watson’s Mill
Newboro – Kilborn’s
Perth – Backbeat Books – 6 Wilson Street West
– Book Nook – 56 Gore Street
Westport – Village Green Originals – 19 Church Street
Hello,
I am interested in seeing your book, as several generations of Mooneys were lock masters (or so I have been told). Do you include any of the Mooneys (mainly named Michael) in your book? And if so, where can I get a copy online? (I live in San Diego.)
Patty Kay:
I guess that the only option is to order it from our web site: http://www.rideaufriends.com. We take Paypal and VISA.
As for the Mooneys, your information is correct. They basically “owned” the Narrows lockstation for generations, along with the Cartys. Apart from the narrative history of the lock staff – life on the locks, etc., I’ve included lists of all the lockstations on the Canal. This includes all the lockmasters at each station – 1832-2010 – along with the lockmen, where known. So, in your case, you’d go to the back of the book and look for the Narrows lockstation. There they are – all the Mooneys who were stationed there.
As a point of interest, I should say that there was a James Parnell Mooney who was a lockmaster at Jones Falls -1924-1933. I understand that he was one of yours, but that the Mooney lockmaster position at the Narrows was already taken.
This “family business” approach to lockstation staffing is covered at some length in the book. The Mooneys were simply following a grand old tradition on the Rideau Canal.
Let me know if you have any problem getting the book through the web site. We’ve had some reports of delays in shipping books to the US. This “seems” to be a problem at the local post office.
Always interested in chatting to people about the Canal and the men (and women) who worked and work on it.
Cheers,
Ed Bebee