St. Lawrence Seaway Authority fonds, 1958-1991, n.d.
| dc.contributor.author | Adams, Anne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-05T14:54:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-05T14:54:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06-05 | |
| dc.description | The St. Lawrence Seaway is a system of locks, canals and channels. Construction of the seaway began in 1954 and it opened on April 25th, 1959. It consists of a 189 mile (306 kilometer) stretch of the seaway between Montreal and Lake Ontario. The Seaway is considered to be an engineering feat with 7 locks in the Montreal – Lake Ontario section which lift vessels to 246 feet (75 meters) above sea level. The 28 mile (44 kilometer) Welland Canal is the fourth version of a link between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Today there are 8 Canadian locks which lift ships 326 feet (100 meters) over the Niagara Escarpment. The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority is a Canadian Government Crown Corporation which is financially self-sufficient. It depends on the tolls charged to the users of the Seaway for its revenue and operating expenses. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This archive contains materials relating to the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. The bulk of the materials are correspondence, media releases, clippings and flyers. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/4017 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | RG;75-32 | |
| dc.subject | St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, shipping, Welland Canal, Great Lakes | en_US |
| dc.title | St. Lawrence Seaway Authority fonds, 1958-1991, n.d. | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2021-08-12T01:39:24Z |