丽都运河(,),亦稱里多運河,是一条连接加拿大渥太华和金斯顿的运河,全長202公里。丽都一词来源于法语,意为窗帘,因为丽都河与渥太华河汇流时的瀑布像窗帘一样。丽都运河于1832年竣工,修建的原因是为防止美国在1812年战争中封锁英军所依赖的圣劳伦斯河。丽都运河是北美至今在用的最古老的运河,2007年被列入世界遗产。
詞源
麗都運河以麗都河命名,而麗都河又以麗都瀑布命名。「Rideau」一詞,在法語意爲「幕布」,源自麗都瀑布匯入渥太華河時有如簾幕般的外觀。
参考资料
外部链接
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605033558/http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/index.aspx Official Parks Canada Site: Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada]
*[http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/ Rideau Canal Waterway]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111006082708/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Bytown/index_e.html History of the canal] - Bytown Museum and the National Research Council Canada
*[http://www.rideaufriends.com Friends of the Rideau]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070608221056/http://www.rideauheritageroute.ca/ Rideau Heritage Route - Tourism]
*[http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/places-to-visit/rideau-canal-skateway Rideau Canal Skateway]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180927035617/http://www.passageshistoriques-heritagepassages.ca/ang-eng Heritage Passages: Bytown and the Rideau Canal]
*
评论 (0)