Field Guides/Trent Hills/Sailing & Boating
Strong
Best WindowMid-May through mid-October (Trent-Severn Waterway navigation season)
Variantsmotor-boating · yacht-boat-charter
RegionTrent Hills, Ontario

Sailing & Boating.

Trent Hills sits on the Trent-Severn Waterway, the 386 km Parks Canada heritage canal between Lake Ontario at Trenton and Georgian Bay at Port Severn. Five lockstations sit inside the municipal boundary — the Lock 11/12 flight at Ranney Falls and Lock 13 at Campbellford, Locks 16/17 at Healey Falls, and Lock 18 at Hastings — and Campbellford and Hastings each operate municipal marinas on the river.

Sailing & Boating in Trent Hills
01 — What to know

The brief.

Through-cruising between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Simcoe passes the Trent Hills village waterfronts directly; the Ranney Falls flight (Lock 11/12) is the largest single elevation change inside the municipality. Locking through the Trent-Severn requires the Parks Canada navigation pass and operates on a published seasonal schedule (roughly mid-May through mid-October).

Open-water sailing is not the local product; this is a small-craft cruising and houseboat corridor. Campbellford and Hastings marinas offer transient mooring during navigation season; Healey Falls (Locks 16/17) sits in a quieter rural stretch between the two village marinas.

02 — Locations

6. places.

  1. 01

    Trent-Severn Waterway through-navigation

    386 km Parks Canada heritage canal connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn.

  2. 02

    Lock 11/12 — Ranney Falls flight

    Two-lock flight at Ranney Falls below Campbellford; largest single elevation change inside the municipality.

  3. 03

    Lock 13 — Campbellford

    Lockstation in Campbellford on the Trent-Severn Waterway.

  4. 04

    Locks 16/17 — Healey Falls

    Lockstation pair on the Trent-Severn Waterway between Campbellford and Hastings.

  5. 05

    Lock 18 — Hastings

    Lockstation at Hastings on the Trent-Severn Waterway.

  6. 06

    Campbellford Marina and Hastings Marina

    Municipal marinas with transient mooring during the TSW navigation season.

03 — Conditions

Today's read.

Air Quality
17
eu-aqi · low
UV Index
0.8
scale 0–11
Humidity
68%
relative
Visibility
25.8 km
clear
Temp
+2.2°
H 13° · L -1°
Sun
05:47 / 20:28
14h 41m daylight
C
Marginal conditions for sailing & boating

Temperature (2.2°C) below the typical range.