Reviews of Trent-Severn Waterway, Lock 35 - Rosedale (Tourist Attraction)

Jeanine BB

Love it, love going through the locks and love the Parks Canada staff who are friendly and efficient and getting even the non-boaters with boats where they need to be to navigate the locks.

Catherine Burke

Bring your boat and relax along the waterway

Angela Katsavavakis

To rate the docking wall at Lock 35 in Rosedale is a little hard as it is a matter of personal preference: do you want to be completely secluded in wooded surroundings, or do you prefer to be close to one of the adorable little towns along the Trent Severn. There are very few conveniences at the docking wall of Lock 35: no water and no electric (at least at the upper wall where we stayed at), no small town close by to go buy supplies or to eat at a restaurant. However, there was decent WiFi available and CLEAN restrooms and showers. We are told by the locals, and have read as well, that from Lock 35 up to Lock 41 is pretty much the same situation. So be prepared and stock up at the last lock that offers all the conveniences: Lock 34 in Fenelon Falls. However, we will find out about all of this once we experience it first hand!!!

Justin Sadler

Great

Richard Cole

It's paradise on the water

readontheroad

Peace and quiet, beautiful grounds, clean washrooms, hikes if you need to stretch your legs. Great, friendly lock staff

Candace Crowston

Great spot to moor overnight, 1 night stay limit. Has shower facilities, flush toilet and fire pit.

Dave Dollimore

A great water system camping spots on the way a good trip if you have the time

Luke Luecke

Friendly helpful staff.

Eric Parsons

Comfortable and quiet

Dean Clarke

Nice quiet spot compared to Fenelon and Bobcaygeon.

Darwin and Kirsty McMahon

Clean, nice grassy area and picnic tables, friendly staff, like the cottage for rent

Ganesh R

What a great place to camp. This is waterfront cottage for the 99%. Beautiful water, a small dock, a cabin (which would be illegal in most jurisdictions due to size), a fire pit and a gazebo. There is solar lighting and USB ports for mobile charging. What more to ask for? Perfect example of sharing economy. We need this in more locks.

lol cat

The bike trail along the waterway is an amazing ride. Fun for the whole family.

Duane Gates

Another beautiful spot on Trent Severn Waterway.

Alexander Daunan

We use Otentik in Trent Severn Waterways Lock 35 Rosedale for 3 days. The place is clean and beautiful. There's a small parking lot for the camper. You can park for free if you camp there otherwise you have to pay $2/day . The road to the Trent Severn Waterways Lock 35 Rosedale is unpaved and only covered with gravels. The park office is very close to the parking lot. The staffs are friendly and courteous. They sell firewood and ice in the office park. There are 3 Otentik sites, 2 tent camp sites and 1 cabin in this Lock 35 and they are located in The Deweys Island. You can go to the Island through the bridge. It's only 5 minutes walk from the park office. There's also a shared dock for Otentik 1-3. The Lock gate is almost always busy during the day. You cannot swim in there. If you are into fishing, you can go the dam near the camp site. They provide you with the propane grill, fire pit, solar LED light and USB charger in the Otentik. Otentik can sleep 6 people. The washroom and the shower station are clean and well maintained.

Anil Shah

Natural and quite place. Friendly staff

andrew crockett

Great place to check out for a day trip

Kiran Varughese

Gate was locked. No Parking signs everywhere. Waste of time and gas.

Nilay Patel

They have made 4 oTENTik a cabin and 4 camp site as of summer 2019. Sites are very good but apart from camping there are not so much activity unless you own a motor boat or water activity. Good place for couple of nights out.

Karthik Doddaballapura

Nice place, friendly staff. Was able to show my kid from close range how a lock works.

J.S. Baldwin

Staff were friendly and helpful. Very clean and quiet.

Nat Gabriella Laking

Loved TenOTik camping there..a lot of mosquitoes but still nice place with good price to go❤

Matt Wilkes

Beautiful and peaceful spot for a picnic and to watch the boats go by. Washrooms are modern and spotless. Staff is really friendly and helpful.

john miller

Super friendly staff and fast gate openings.

Doug Hayes

Nice setting. Clean restrooms. Fast and efficient passage.

Tarik M

Amazing place hwoever you gotta watch out for bugs especially mosquito bites in summer. Friendly staff.

Hugo

Great

MrSenseirey

Love seeing the big boats come through the locks.

Alex Drozwik

Very beautiful area. Looking forwards to going back again

Charles McGeoghan

Great staff, awesome experience. Thank you Parks Canada!!

Amanda Andrus

Great camping spot! The staff are kind and helpful and the park is absolutely beautiful. Clean bathrooms, and I challenge you to try and find litter or anything out of place.

Steven

Friendly staff. Easy lock to use

Ram Loganathan

Nice little camping post. Cabins were nice and well maintained. Too much mosquitoes though. So take bug spray.

April Campbell

Beautiful lock to camp at and the staff were very pleasant with everyone.

Quincy Lam

Nice and quiet place to hang out at the lock and the park around it.

Bonnie Scott

Love it. People are great & friendly. People are very helpful.

Pop pop

Hometown Ontario site, beautiful.

Charles Gregory

Very nice and patient personnel. Shower drain inoperative and everything got wet.

Charlene Vanderburg

Beautiful, mature park like setting, very clean, phenomenal Staff! Lock master Mike and staff do a great job!

William Anderson

Sooooo beautiful:)

Dave Wright

Good, didn't stay enough

Mark Kusnierz Real Estate

The new young lock master is not so friendly and family oriented, not stable for this position. However the location is excellent with beautiful scenery to visit with entire family.

Scott Rogers

Lock broken ... still a wonderful place to be ... (more wounded than "broken" ) ...

Archana

Excellent Park for picnic with a nice view of lake and canal

Glen Gales

Hot showers. Ice. Nice park.

Ava von Niebelschuetz

Loved it! Beautiful area to camp at - not to far away!

Kevin Shilling Ritchie

It was beautiful.

Gman65

Good watere

Johanne Prince

Parks Canada OTentK stay was awesome..

Chris Allen

We came at around 11:15 AM on September 7th and nobody was at the lock to operate it... Kinda bummed that we didn't get to go to Coboconk for lunch

Jacob Hopkins

By far my favourite lock I’ve visited so far - the staff here are amazing, the bathrooms and shower are extremely well-maintained and it’s unbelievably quiet. We’ve been seeing a lot of storm warnings (that never actually happen) so barely any boaters are out, just one person docked on the upper side and two on the bottom. The scenery here is amazing too, I don’t have any pictures on hand but I’m sure there’s a bunch of great ones posted on this page.

Rainer Hassenstein

Best lock on the waterway. Showers and wi-fi. Beautiful grounds and friendly staff.

Lynn McAuliffe

Helpful and friendly touchless locking.

Venus Ayca Kartal

In weekends it is really crowded. But clean, peaceful... Good place for camping. Be careful , there are racoons ????

Samuel Zhang

water is peaceful and warm. you may paddle or kayak downstream and spend some time in the reed waves... super nice views. there is washroom and you may refill water there as well.

Betty McTague

Lock master here is crusty. Does not seem to regulate boat traffic equally. Rarely tells the boats to slow down in the NO WAKE zone. Same master in Lindsay

Chris Meredith

We rented a house boat and toured through the Trent Severn. The lock masters are great to talk to they are all very knowledgeable. Great times

Joy Brake

Water beautiful & friendly people waving

Jon-Paul Richards

Rosedale lock is amazing, the staff are fantastic.

Steve Austin

friendly staff, quick and easy got us on our way!

Rana Alhammouri

No help from employees re covid, nice place if you want quite moring

Pete Gonzales

One of the nicest locks on the system to overnite at.

Kimm Shone

Absolutely beautiful lock. Perfect for camping. Locks 35 and 30 are the best on the trent.

Vicki Ayer

Awesome lock.great lock master. Clean showers and bathrooms

Tracey Lytle

Very lovely spot, easy to get to. Staff are phenomenal. The Lock Master is super friendly, extremely outgoing, always smiling, and helpful. If anyone says anything different, then there is something wrong with them. The place is well maintained and the grounds are pretty. For sure coming back !!

Anne Poelstrs

Great place

Christopher Fairbairn

I love boating. Staff is very friendly

Darlene Cornell

We stopped for lunch there. Beautiful scenery. Locks doing the best they can during covid

Patricia Aitken

Been a long time since I had been there took my daughter through on her first boat ride. Good memories

Andrew Collison

nice clean lock with updated showers and washrooms.

Barefoot mart

Small lock, its only a couple feet difference so quick to get through, medium current in channel, friendly helpful staff.

Cathi

Love the people here and especially love to see the consistency from year to year, like Mike. I feel they are efficient at getting boats through the locks and friendly in doing so. And we appreciate that!

Nick Legacy

Rented the Rustin Cabin here for one night in awesome September weather! Fire pit, BBQ, Private Dock, a deck and of course a cabin with lots of beds! Great short mountain biking trails behind the cabin on the small island. Great vibe and great location!

Arsalan Tariq

Excellent place to begin your camping experience, staff is great , place is clean .. bathroom at a bit distance but very clean and functional.. love the location

David R

Very quite. Nice spot to try up for the evening

Robin Zhou (2nd)

new washroom，new shower facility。cabin available here。

Garry McClean

Little support or assistance no interest in overnight boater's at all.

shane lin

Cool place to watch

Ryan Donovan

Great campsite. Helpful staff, clean sites, and fun to watch the yachts drift up to use the lock. Was there with three kids and they loved it. Washrooms are brand new as of 2018 too!

Qurrat Shoaib

Different and amazing

Gerald Winter

Well maintained and very friendly staff.

Robert Stewart

Nice place to walk in the winter time away from the ATV's and snowmobiles.

shelley Boundy

Good times....

Brendan Grills

So cool, it's like an elevator for boats. Unfortunately only has two floors through

Matthew Cambas

Very nice and quiet location to camp

D Hisley

Quiet and beautiful. A great place to moor for the night as you're passing through.

Dave Sadler

Nice clean normally quiet lock

C B

I love being able to travel lake to lake by using the locks. The price is based on the length of your vehicle. Eg. Personal watercrafts (Sea Doo) it's $20 for the day and you can go through as many locks as you can. The people working the locks are always very pleasant

Michael Provad

Bit slow but polite and friendly

Kevin Worsley

one of the nicest on the trent severn

Sharon Golby

Great lock with power and water The staff are very helpful.

Nancy Ross

Love taking a long boat ride on a hot day. This lock made it more interesting. Staff very friendly and helpful. We bought a season's pass and will do the trek regularly.

Roy Kayser

Quiet, easy to get in and out. Camping available if you are so inclined. Ample overnight docking. Nearby marinas if you need fuel.

Don Stark

Beautiful quiet location with great facilities and awesome staff. Alec (the lockmaster) is a friendly and helpful fellow, along with the rest of the staff. Great people to have a conversation with during your lockable or visit. Great camping areas adjacent to the locks.

pappa p

Pretty standard fare. Pretty dead day but still a pretty long wait.

Mary

Amazing lock workers , they are friendly, efficient and professional.

Karen Lillie Filiatrault

Lock has beautiful greenspace that is well-maintained as are the facilities. Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Lisa Laninga-Twohey

You can dock your boat for the night. You can also rent a tent frame cottage for the night

ID McBeath

Remote and Peaceful

Catherine Uffen

Kayakers warned to wear personal flotation devices and STAY AWAY from the dam. Dam causes underwater hidden fast current resulting in undertow pulling kayakers underwater. News reports group of kayakers pulled into dam Aug 2021 and 1 kayaker drown. Not for children.

Scott Parkin

Excellent service and very friendly staff. Looking forward to 2021.