The small draught of the Bateau-Mouche allows an itinerary that traditional boats cannot follow: the entrance of the Lachine Canal, Habitat 67, St Mary’s current, Mount Royal, Montreal Clock Tower, Jacques Cartier Bridge, La Ronde (Amusement Park), Le Moyne Channel, Montreal Biosphère…
The opening of the Seaway and the decline of shipping on the canal led to the devastation of the neighbourhoods that lined the canal in Montreal's Le Sud-Ouest borough due to shifting patterns of industrial development and shipping.
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The Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine in French) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.
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IA has published a number of issues with articles on a common theme, including Montréal's Lachine Canal (2003), the Springfield Armory (1988), the West Point Foundry (2012), and two on the Historic American Engineering Record (1997 and 1999).
The Montreal population was more transient, attracted to labor in large construction projects such as the Lachine Canal before moving on to Upper Canada and the United States.
The Montreal Southwest Borough announced that it would spend CDN $1.6 million for a parcel of property along the Lachine Canal to turn a park in Parent's name.