SKKRIXC. 



Ml 



eorrt* hare been straightened and certain nat- 



oral obstructions have been overcome that were 



ite resources of the earlier o- 



turwas 



l.*r Ukr. an 



hl.h laV 



,.-w canal. 



-.un-t.f wiit, -r at that 

 ^^Blt MiaMi- It All UIMafs neiffhlr. 



iiml until thr levrl 



t.-in. mill residents al.'iij? 



finer shores of the lake pro* 



. againa} losing thnr w ft t. r -.if.- 



ntf canal" 



Ihr timiii 



if water wan deflect^! mt<> iho 

 ^eana! 



>f to Increase that of the canal 



terminal lock* at Brun- 



^^B at* kept reasonably Hear of 



lownreaja bar 



unv roanhft of 

 nuim had to U 

 Sime of theae coodst. 

 :MU.|. perhaps with a 



fourth term of the profiodtioa U inoVflnitelv 

 the unknown dM^Hi of a Nona 



Mfc . 







be* ..f 



f turf on top: others were 

 Ilothcrxiuirksands. Al- 

 ftctiott of the canal sev- 



nt had to be < 

 'tit-ally upon an art ill 



"I 



vet tem|nirary crib work 

 u-ar moderate car 



mill. I -hkes of sand on 

 the axis of the canal were pushed 

 marshes until a sufficiently stable 

 ras obtained between the dik,- f.-r 

 concrete. In a distance of 5i miles 

 ibic feet of sand were thus dcposit- 

 nesult seems to have been saUsfac- 



Liml : 



belongings was: BransbQttel locks, 

 ueao looks, *UMNfc.OfN : ,.th, r 

 t. tuL 



many in this great engi- 

 i: enterprise is both commercial 



ately upon the commercial. It is 



f Commerce, that the an- 



imal rviri-'- 

 the Baltic and 



I IK vmli Me. Marie Canal. On June IS 

 this iinjM.rtant Canadian w 

 Su|*-rior nul l.ak.- Huron 

 merce. The completion of this i 

 unbroken navigation from the head of l+ke Su- 

 perior and from all its vast extent of oorth- 



utfline 2,:^ 1 

 j TIV ilege that she has not enjoyed since the War 



- 1 . As soon as the northern wililsrassi be- 



esr, 5S!^ " t ^* u " dr-l -'' * 



Ushed of failitating I 

 Lake Superior and the lower lake 

 1706 a beginning was made, and a 

 finished ten years later across St. Mary's fated, 

 thetw, 



IW tons, and h.- belie?ai tht n.; 

 thb will pass thrt>ugh the can 



la, 



"tance between the rari 



>t i^rhaim the most gra 

 .intages is by 



i<o canal, and 000 miles . 



th.- |.n-|w> r ti..t> : A- 61 i* to 000, 

 -.rat by sea. But th.- 



of 



ber than 



it.- tal.lr* 

 in tin'" 

 orth S-n 



i\ .'f - 



x coast that 



mbTowofthc 

 but the DToperty wa ev< 

 tran*frrred t<> thr Hu.U>n lUy Cneapatty. 

 canal wan 900 fert long and 45 f erf wide, 

 if h a lock feet long and 9 feet wide. 



two lakes, and ample for all 



althalr*rlyaVy. This'w 



nlly 



ally tran*frrrvd t> the Hi 



and with 



which seems ridiculously Mall in 



with the requirements for lake na< 



press nt da\ . l-jirly in thr War 



[any of 150 American volunteers, led by Major 



Holmes, crosssJ the strait and destroyed the 



canal so effectually that it never was rebuilt. 



The construction of a canal on the A i 



aide was begun shortly afterward, and 



rapidly to com plot t. , history of this 



canal and he improvement*, am -Annual Cyclo- 



prdia" for 1889. pair \ this was made 



available by international treaty for the uses of 



