00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.854391 CaOODSP 20221107155042 cr ||||||||||| 180327s1973 oncab||#ob f001 0|eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R61-2/1-8E-PDF R61-2/1-8 Heisler, John P. (John Phalen), 1916- . The canals of Canada [electronic resource] / by John P. Heisler. Ottawa : National Historic Sites Service, National and Historic Parks Branch, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1973. 183 p. : ill., maps Canadian historic sites: occasional papers in archaeology and history ; no. 8 Digitized edition from print [by the History of Parks Canada Electronic Library]. Issued also in French under title: Les canaux de Canada. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Canals have played an important part in the economic and social development of Canada. Undertaken but never completed during the French regime, they were begun soon after 1760 and reached the peak of their development and use during the mid-19th century.The financing and construction of canals to improve navigation on the St.Lawrence and the Great Lakes; the Rideau Canal constituting a waterway between the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, and the canals communicating with the American waterway system of New York state are discussed in detail. Several waterways were proposed and some actually constructed in the Maritimes and in the West. Part of this deep waterway system culminated in the St.Lawrence Seaway, a successful venture in international cooperation"--Abstract, p. 10. gccst Historic sites gccst Canals Canada. National Historic Sites Service. Parks Canada. Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Les canaux du Canada (CaOODSP)9.854401 Canadian historic sites. Occasional papers in archaeology and history ; no. 8 (CaOODSP)9.842684 PDF 104.02 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/pc/R61-2-1-8-eng.pdf IAND Publication No. QS 1190-000-EE-Al