The Lachine Canal

Built between 1821 and 1825 and enlarged in the 1840s and 1870s, the Lachine Canal was the first in a network of canals on the St. Lawrence River linking the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. A symbol of the modernization of transportation, it played a decisive role in Montréal’s industrial and commercial development, notably as a source of hydraulic power. The highly diversified character of the canal’s shore area, which became one of the country’s foremost manufacturing centres, reflects the various stages of industrialization in Canada.

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