Rideau Canal

 

A canal system stretching from the St. Lawrence near Kingston to the present city of Ottawa. It was built in the decade after the war to provide a more secure route for the shipment of supplies to Upper Canada. The canal is maintained as a national historic site, web site:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/default.asp

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