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Merrickville [1] is on the Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario, Canada.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By car 2.2 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 Get out

Understand

Merrickville modestly claims to be Canada’s prettiest village, a claim not without merit on a sunny summer day. The village center consists entirely of picturesque Victorian-era stone houses, and it's perched by the waters of the Rideau Canal. Its population is about 1,200, and it is otherwise a typical small town.

Get in

By car

Merrickville is an easy 45 minute drive south of Ottawa.

By boat

The Rideau Canal between Kingston and Ottawa passes through Merrickville.

Get around

Central Merrickville is easily covered on foot.

See

Merrickville's labeled sights are all rather low-key, the real fun is in walking around, admiring the houses and popping into shops.

• Blockhouse Museum, by the canal. Built in 1832, this tiny little fortress was built to house up to 50 soldiers guarding the Rideau Canal.

• Industrial Heritage Complex. Covers a number of old buildings in and around the dam and the mill, one of which has been turned into a small museum on the history of industry in Merrickville. Free entry.

Do

• Merrickville-Is-Hot.com - For a list of things to do in Merrickville [2]

Buy

Merrickville is chock full of arts and crafts shops.

• Village Foundry, next to the locks. Canada's oldest still-operating iron foundry, producing anything and everything from cast iron.

• David Paterson's Glassblowing Studio, on the main street of Merrickville. Original works in glass hand-crafted on the premises out of liquid molten glass. [3]

Eat

• Harry McLean’s Pub & The Baldachin Fine Dining Room. Opens at 11 AM Monday to Friday and at 8 AM on Saturday & Sunday. Lots of pub food in the pub, along with an extensive fine dining menu in the dining room. [4]

• Goose and Gridiron. A large selection of pub grub plus a few American favorites like burgers and clam chowder, and a vast selection of beers on tap. Mains $10-20. Open every day from 11 AM.

Drink

Sleep

Merrickville has about a dozen B&Bs.

• Luxshire Country Retreat, 378 Heritage Drive, tel. 613-269-2545, [5]. Stone farmhouse built in 1845. Rooms from $88.

• Sam Jakes Inn, 118 Main ST E, tel. 613-269-3711, [6]. Victorian stone mansion built in 1861. Rooms from $99.

Get out

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