Tumulus commémoratif du Canal de Chambly

CANAL DE CHAMBLY

CE CANAL, RELIANT LE LAC CHAMPLAIN
AU SAINT-LAURENT POUR LES FINS DE
LA NAVIGATION, FUT PROJETE EN 1785
COMMENCE EN 1831. IL ETAIT CREUSE
JUSQU'À CHAMBLY QUAND L'ENTREPRISE
FUT SUSPENDUE EN 1835. EN 1841, LES
TRAVAUX FURENT REPRIS: ON CONSTRUISIT
LES ECLUSES DE CHAMBLY ET LE CANAL
FUT OUVERT EN 1843

CHAMBLY CANAL

THIS CANAL, CONNECTING LAKE CHAM-
PLAIN WITH THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.
FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES, WAS PROPOSED
IN 1785. BEGUN IN 1831, IT WAS EX-                                          CAVATED AS FAR AS CHAMBLY, BUT THE
UNDERTAKING WAS SUSPENDED IN 1835.
WORK WAS RESUMED IN 1841. THE LOCKS
AT CHAMBLY WERE COMPLETED, AND, IN
1843 THE CANAL OPENED TO NAVIGATION

ERIGEE 1930