Cornwall Canal National Historic Event
Cornwall, Ontario
Cornwall Canal
© Library and Archives Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Address :
Cornwall, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1929-05-17
Other Name(s):
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Cornwall Canal
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Constructed in 1834-42 to bypass Long Sault Rapids
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: At Lock 20 in Lamoureux Park Water Street West just west of Pitt Street, Cornwall, Ontario
The Cornwall Canal was one of eight canals that connected western Canada with the ocean by way of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. Constructed in 1834 - 1842 to overcome the rapids of the Long Sault, it was enlarged several times between 1876 - 1904 and superseded by the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959.