Lachine Canal
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The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the bor
View of the canal in 1850
The Lachine Canal in 1920
Lachine Locks
A soldier guarding the canal during wartime in 1939
Lachine Rapids
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The Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the South Shore. They are confusingly located near the borough of Lasalle and not Lachine. The
Lachine Canal
…meeting place between the various indigenous groups of the region, the Algonquin, Huron and Iroquois. Suggestions for a possible canal to bypass the Lachine Rapids dated back to the time of early explorers such as Samuel de Champlain. Settlers and trade had to make a long portage to continue upstream of Montreal…
The Lachine Rapids
The Lachine Rapids
A boat navigating the rapids in 1922
The Lachine rapids, seen from the borough of LaSalle