| With Montreal (and
Mount Royal) on the background we can see
the strong current at the end of the
Lachine Rapids. Since Jacques Cartier
explored the region, these rapids have
prevented ocean-going ships to go beyond
Montreal. In the nineteen century the
Lachine Canal was built to overcome this
obstacle and in 1959, it was replaced by
the St. Lawrence Seaway. Photo: Jean-Paul
Rodrigue, July 1997. |
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