The St. Lawrence Ship Channel, 1805-1865

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Author/collaborator
Title
The St. Lawrence Ship Channel, 1805-1865
Abstract
A narrative history of the transformation of Montreal from an inland river town to a seaport city in the first part of the nineteenth century. The author examines the specific measures taken to open up the channel to ocean shipping in the years 1805 to 1865. 1805 was the date of creation of Trinity House, Quebec, which marked the inception of officially controlled pilotage and navigation in the modern sense. By 1865, channel improvement techniques had provided a channel three hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep.
Publication
Cahiers de géographie du Québec
Volume
Vol. 11
Issue
no. 23
Pages
277-306
Date
Septembre 1967
Language
en
URL
Citation
Corley, Nora Teresa. “The St. Lawrence Ship Channel, 1805-1865.” Cahiers de géographie du Québec Vol. 11, no. 23 (September 1967): 277–306. http://www.erudit.org/revue/cgq/1967/v11/n23/020728ar.pdf.
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