XIII 



THE WELLAND CANAL 



IN September of 1930 Canada brought 

 another great undertaking to a satisfactory 

 conclusion; this was the Welland Canal 

 connecting Lake Erie with the St. Lawrence 

 waterway. 



The Welland is rather different from 

 what we understand by the word canal in 

 Britain, since the largest liners at present 

 running to Canada that is vessels of 

 20,000 tons, could use its waters. No less 

 than 24,000,000 were expended in cutting 

 this great waterway, and it is a tribute to 

 the farsightedness of the Canadian Govern- 

 ment that they have undertaken this and 

 similar schemes for linking the great rivers 

 and lakes with the sea. Such undertakings 

 have an important bearing on British com- 

 merce generally because eventually it will 



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