Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from the arrondissement of Lachine to the Port of Montreal.
It was built in 1824 to permit ship traffic to pass the Lachine Rapids, thereby becoming a chokepoint of exports from all of Canada. It helped shape Montreal by attracting industry to its banks, particularly in the districts of Saint-Henri and Pointe Saint-Charles.
The canal became obsolete and was closed in 1959, being replaced by the South Shore Canal of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2002, it was reopened as a pleasure boating area, despite environmental concerns due to heavy industrial contamination of its bottom, and the banks of the canal were redeveloped.
The banks of the canal offer bicycling and roller blading, as well as no fewer than two National Historic Sites: the Lachine Canal National Historic Site and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site.
Referenced By
Island of Montreal | Lachine | Lachine Rapids | List of canals | List of waterways | Montreal Island | Saint Lawrence River | St. Lawrence River | St. Lawrence Valley | St Lawrence River
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