Lockmaster's House Museum opens Rideau Lakes’s list
Museums or galleries make up 7 of the 12 places on the list. The municipal boundary itself has 4 places on our list; 8 others are within 5 km of its edge. For a full day, there is Matheson House, 24 km away.
The best known in Rideau Lakes
MuseumSmiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)700 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionBlitzen Estate Christmas Tree Farm2.4 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where they are
The dashed line is Rideau Lakes’ municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Green: inside Rideau Lakes. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every one of them
Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)
Railway museum in Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Rideau District Museum
Art Shack
The 4 inside Rideau Lakes come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Rideau Lakes → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Rideau Lakes →
Day trips
MuseumMatheson House24 km northwest
FortMerrickville Blockhouse35 km northeast
MuseumMcMartin House24 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Rideau Lakes (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Visiting Rideau Lakes: questions
What are the main attractions in Rideau Lakes?
Top of the list inside Rideau Lakes’ municipal boundary: Newboro Lockstation Blockhouse, Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery and Site of First Catholic Church North Crosby.
Does Rideau Lakes have a museum?
Look at Rideau District Museum, Art Shack and Heritage House Museum, in Rideau Lakes or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Rideau Lakes?
None is recorded within 5 km of Rideau Lakes.
What are the best-known days out near Rideau Lakes?
Within 40 km: Merrickville Blockhouse (35 km), McMartin House (24 km).
How is this list made?
We merge OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the heritage registers into one list of museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. To count, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tours are dropped. Places inside the town’s 2021 outline come first, then those up to 5 km beyond it.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern): Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matheson House: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merrickville Blockhouse: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McMartin House: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).