Canal de Lachine

Also known as Lachine Canal

Year

1825

Type

landscape

Opened in 1825 to bypass the Lachine Rapids on the St. Lawrence, this 14.5-kilometer canal powered Montreal's industrialization: factories lined its banks for over a century, using the waterway for both transportation and hydraulic energy. …

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