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    The Lachine Canal (French: Canal de Lachine) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5...
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    of Lachine's features is the Lachine Canal and its recreational facilities, including the Lachine Canal National Historic Site. Around the canal's inlet...
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    traffic. Until the construction of the Lachine Canal through Montreal, the rapids had to be portaged. Even with the canal, the difficulty was such that it was...
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  • district from 1968 to 1988 Lachine Rapids, Quebec Lachine Canal, Quebec The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site Lachine station, train station on...
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    separated by the Lachine Canal between Lachine and Montreal's Old Port; this portion of the island is partially divided further by the Canal de l'Aqueduc...
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  • river. The rehabilitation of the Lachine Canal for recreational use spurred the reclamation of factories along the canal for lofts and condominiums. However...
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    with his son, Paul Lemieux. It is located on Atwater Street, near the Lachine Canal, as well as Greene Avenue. A pedestrian bridge, which can also be used...
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    the west, Saint-Antoine to the north, Guy Street to the east, and the Lachine Canal to the south. The adjacent neighbourhoods are the borough of Ville-Marie...
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  • tickets were not convenient for use among the Indians and workmen on the Lachine Canal, who formed the bulk of company's third class travel. Imported from...
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    incorporated as a city in 1832. The opening of the Lachine Canal permitted ships to bypass the unnavigable Lachine Rapids, while the construction of the Victoria...
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    borough of Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the western end of the Lachine Canal. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. Beginning in the 17th century...
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    virtually impassable Lachine Rapids, the St. Lawrence was once continuously navigable only as far as Montreal. Opened in 1825, the Lachine Canal was the first...
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    north by Autoroute Ville-Marie (Route 136), and to the south by the Lachine Canal. Saint-Henri is well known as a historically French-Canadian, Irish...
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    a city in 1832. The city's growth was spurred by the opening of the Lachine Canal and Montreal was the capital of the United Province of Canada from 1844...
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    Saints-Anges-de-la-Chine during the French regime period. Before the creation of the Lachine Canal in the 1820s, the rapids had to be portaged on a trail called Chemin...
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    origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal. These include Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, and Griffintown to the north of the canal, and Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul...
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  • Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood. At this point the canal passes within 300 metres of the Lachine Canal. The canal is approximately 8100 metres in length and varies...
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  • Sulpicians on a 2 km canal to support their monopoly on flour-milling. François Dollier de Casson asserts that such a canal (Lachine Canal) would supply water...
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    between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls and the Lachine Canal (1825), which allowed ships to skirt the nearly impassable rapids on...
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    Ville Saint-Pierre (category Lachine, Quebec)
    neighbourhood are the Lachine Canal/Borough of LaSalle to the south and east, the Town of Montreal West to the north and the rest of Lachine to the west. The...
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    Griffintown is the portion of the ward of St. Ann north of the Lachine Canal; the part south of the canal is now part of Pointe-Saint-Charles. This part of the...
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    heavy industry following World War II and the later closure of the Lachine Canal created poor economic conditions, and for several decades Griffintown...
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  • Montreal will undergo major urban works including the construction of Lachine Canal and the creation of the first major parks of Montreal. After the Ice...
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    pedalo and Segway rentals. It is also located at the eastern end of the Lachine Canal, which has itself been extensively refurbished as a popular destination...
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  • band, the Barrs participated in a tribute to The Grateful Dead on the Lachine Canal in the summer of 2016. Following the October 2016 death of Leonard Cohen...
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    through the Lachine Rapids is a few feet. Montreal Harbour is approximately 30 ft (9.1 m) above sea level. There are eight locks on the Welland Canal. From...
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  • used for agriculture. The Lachine Canal bisected the area in 1825 and disrupted agricultural activities. The Lachine Canal brought numerous factories...
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    debut album Born 2 Sin. Brown was found murdered in an alley near the Lachine Canal in Montreal on February 11, 2011. The feature film BumRush, featuring...
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    Located on the site of the former Canada Malting factory alongside the Lachine Canal the House was first painted bright pink in October 2019. Subsequent...
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  • the limits of the Town of Westmount; Autoroute 20; Autoroute 15; the Lachine Canal; the limits of the towns of LaSalle, Montréal, Montréal-Ouest, Montréal...
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