Sailing & Boating.
Trenton in Quinte West is the eastern entry of the Trent–Severn Waterway — Lock 1 of Parks Canada's 386 km, 44-lock heritage canal system between the Bay of Quinte and Georgian Bay. Trent Port Marina sits immediately upstream of the lock with about 250 slips and full service for transient cruisers stepping into the waterway from Lake Ontario.
The brief.
The Kingston-to-Trenton stretch of the Bay of Quinte is the eastern doorstep of the Trent–Severn; from Trent Port Marina, motor and sail boats can lock through Lock 1, run upstream to Frankford and beyond, or stay on the Bay of Quinte and head east toward Belleville and Kingston. Eight kilometres west of Trenton, the Murray Canal — built 1882–1889 and managed by Parks Canada under the same Trent–Severn Waterway National Historic Site — opens a second navigable cut between the Bay of Quinte and Presqu'ile Bay on Lake Ontario, with staffed swing bridges at Carrying Place and Brighton Road.
Trent–Severn locks (including Trenton Lock 1 and the Murray Canal swing bridges) operate on the published Parks Canada navigation-season schedule, roughly mid-May through mid-October. Locking and mooring fees apply.
4. places.
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Trent Port Marina (Trenton)
Municipal full-service marina on the Trent River; ~250 slips, transient dockage, immediately upstream of Trent–Severn Lock 1.
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Trent–Severn Waterway Lock 1 (Trenton)
Eastern entry / southernmost lock of the 386 km Trent–Severn Waterway; gateway to upstream lockstations toward Campbellford and beyond to Georgian Bay.
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Bay of Quinte cruising waters out of Trenton
Open sailing and cruising waters east toward Belleville and Kingston, west to the Murray Canal mouth.
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Murray Canal navigation
8 km Parks Canada–managed canal between the Bay of Quinte and Presqu'ile Bay; staffed swing bridges at Carrying Place and Brighton Road.
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