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The St. Lawrence Seaway is a series of
locks, canals and channels that links the Atlantic Ocean
and St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario and the four Upper
Great Lakes. It extends from Montreal to Lake Erie and it
includes the Welland Canal. This is an important water route,
which was opened to navigation in 1959.
The St. Lawrence seaway provides direct
access to export and import markets by ocean-going vessels,
many of which are equipped with self-unloading devices for
unloading at shore facilities (ship to land) or transshipping
bulk cargo (ship to ship).
It is part of an excellent intermodal transportation
network that is strategically located geographically and
directly serves Ontario and Quebec to the north, and Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York
and Pennsylvania to the south.
The St. Lawrence Seaway is managed and
operated by The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
of Canada and the United States Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation.
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