THE STAMP IN THIS CACHE IS NOT A TRADE ITEM, PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE IT.
I was out for a little walk and decided the area needed a couple caches.
The area here has some history to it. The original canal cut at Poonamalie locks had a wooden weir across the river, right about where a concrete one stands today. It was breached by ice in 1869, and again in 1904, both times causing serious flooding downstream. In 1904 a new concrete weir was constructed, though this one was lower than the original wooden one, which led to water levels dropping dangerously low in the canal cut.
The concrete weir you can see from here, with the hydraulic water control gate, was constructed in 1974.
Along with the changes and rebuilding of the weir, the original banks of the canal cut were raised by 2 feet in 1911 to allow more water to be retained in the Lower Rideau Lake, effectively constructing a 2-foot earth dam atop the lower bank of the cut. This earth dam is what you walked along to reach this cache.
And now that you know a little bit more than you did when you started, don't forget to stamp your log book before you go!