Waterway Get-A-Way Houseboat Vacations
About This Company
Waterway Get-A-Way is now closed. Its former website, waterwaygetaway.com, is a domain for-sale page, so this listing is not a booking.
The company operated from Smiths Falls, Ontario, about 2.5 hours from Montreal or 3.5 hours from Toronto, with access south onto the Rideau Lakes or north along the Rideau Canal, a Parks Canada waterway and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The boat and rate notes below are historical and are not current availability.
Houseboats
Waterway Get-A-Way offers three models of houseboats to choose from. There is a 36' & 40' with a flybridge suitable for 4-6 people and a 40' with a flybridge and walkaround deck also suitable for 4-6 people. Each houseboat features:
- Fully equipped kitchen (galley)
- Stove
- Refridgerator/Freezer
- Propane BBQ
- Hot/Cold water system
- Full bathroom with shoer
- Bedding and linens
- AM/FM radio
- Safety and Navigation package
- Swim ladder
- Deck chairs
Rental Periods
Boats are rented by the week or 3 day weekends however if you require longer and it is available there is additional daily fees.
Experience Required
Previous experience is not required. You will be provided instruction on operating the houseboat and safety requirements. Prior to departure you will be provided a safety checklist for review. Be sure to ask any questions if you are not sure. Once completed you will be issued a temporary license that is good for your trip. You will need to keep this document readily available if request by officials. You must be 25 years of age or older and hold a valid driver’s license to drive the houseboat.
Licensing
You do not require a boating license (Pleasure Craft Operator Card) to rent a houseboat. Prior to departure you will be provided a safety checklist for review. Be sure to ask any questions if you are not sure. Once completed you will be issued a temporary license that is good for your trip. You will need to keep this document readily available if request by officials.
To get your Pleasure Craft Licence, go to our preferred partner, CanadaBoatSafety.com.
What to Bring
For a complete list of suggested items to bring check out the checklist.
What to Bring
Linens
Bedding and linens are included. Remember to bring your own towels.
Additional Costs
- $65 per rental for Parks Canada mooring passes
- Lock passes
- $65 for propane
Local Weather
May to October weather for Smiths Falls, Ontario, in half-month steps (days 1–15 and 16 through the end of the month). Air, precipitation, and wet days use nearby Drummond Centre observations, about 23 km away (climate ID 6102J13).
- Each tile is one half-month from May through October. Early is days 1–15. Late is day 16 through the end of the month. Every tile shows a value.
- Air temperature, precipitation, and wet-day percentage are 2021–2025 daily averages from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Drummond Centre (climate ID 6102J13). High and low are the average of each year’s half-month mean, so each year counts equally. A year is included for a variable only when that half-month was observed on at least 80% of its days. Precipitation is the mean of each included year’s half-month total; missing days are not filled in. A wet day has at least 0.2 mm, among precipitation observations in the years included for that half-month. Days flagged missing are left out.
- Every half-month has observations on at least 80% of its days, so all five years are included. The largest gap in an included half-month is 1 day, in early July 2023.
- Precipitation is liquid equivalent (rain plus the water in any snow), in millimetres per half-month.
- Sunshine is not biweekly. Drummond Centre does not publish bright sunshine. Each month’s existing normal is repeated on both of that month’s tiles. Those hours are 1981–2010 normals from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (climate ID 6106000), about 55–80 km northeast, not a 2021–2025 average.
- 10 days in the included half-months are flagged as a trace (under 0.2 mm). A trace counts as dry and adds nothing to the half-month total.
- Tile temperatures are rounded to the nearest degree.
Contact Information
Location Address
Waterway Get-A-Way Houseboat Vacations 62 Lombard Street Smiths Falls, Ontario
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Website
waterwaygetaway.com