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  The 
  present 
  Canadian 
  canals 
  are, 
  as 
  stated, 
  only 
  14 
  feet 
  in 
  

   depth, 
  although 
  two 
  projects 
  for 
  21-foot 
  canals 
  are 
  considerably 
  

   talked 
  of 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  Georgian 
  bay 
  canal 
  through 
  Lake 
  

   Sirucoe 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  near 
  Toronto. 
  This 
  proposed 
  canal 
  is 
  

   only 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  from 
  Georgian 
  bay 
  to 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  of 
  which 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  are 
  in 
  Lake 
  Simcoe, 
  leaving 
  

   about 
  eighty-five 
  miles 
  of 
  actual 
  canal 
  construction. 
  The 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Lake 
  Simcoe 
  is 
  714 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  or 
  134 
  feet 
  above 
  

   Georgian 
  bay. 
  The 
  mean 
  elevation 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  may 
  be 
  

   taken 
  at 
  247 
  feet, 
  or 
  it 
  is 
  467 
  feet 
  below 
  Lake 
  Simcoe. 
  The 
  total 
  

   lockage 
  on 
  this 
  canal,, 
  therefore, 
  is 
  roundly 
  600 
  feet. 
  There 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  heavy 
  cut 
  through 
  ridges 
  both 
  at 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Simcoe. 
  The 
  cut 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  is 
  ninety 
  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  

   seven 
  miles 
  long. 
  The 
  cut 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  is 
  200 
  feet 
  in 
  depth, 
  and 
  

   about 
  eleven 
  miles 
  long. 
  The 
  quantities 
  in 
  these 
  two 
  cuts 
  are 
  

   about 
  double 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Culebra 
  cut 
  on 
  the 
  Panama 
  canal. 
  

   The 
  difficulties 
  of 
  taking 
  out 
  this 
  cut 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  everybody, 
  

   although 
  it 
  is 
  conceded 
  that 
  difficulties 
  due 
  to 
  climate 
  would 
  not 
  

   tend 
  to 
  delay 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  Canada, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  on 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  

   of 
  Panama. 
  The 
  flight 
  of 
  locks 
  from 
  Lake 
  Simcoe 
  to 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  would 
  be 
  perhaps 
  twelve 
  in 
  number, 
  with 
  a 
  lift 
  at 
  each 
  

   lock 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  forty 
  feet, 
  while 
  from 
  Lake 
  Simcoe 
  to 
  

   Georgian 
  bay 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  four 
  locks, 
  or 
  sixteen 
  in 
  all. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  known, 
  no 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  this 
  canal 
  has 
  been 
  

   made, 
  but 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  exceedingly 
  expensive. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  Canadian 
  project 
  to 
  which 
  attention 
  is 
  directed 
  is 
  

   that 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Montreal, 
  Ottawa 
  and 
  Georgian 
  bay 
  canal, 
  

   by 
  way 
  of 
  French 
  river, 
  Lake 
  Mpissing, 
  Matawan 
  and 
  Ottawa 
  

   rivers, 
  connecting 
  Georgian 
  bay 
  with 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  near 
  

   Montreal. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  canalize 
  these 
  streams. 
  The 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  from 
  Georgian 
  bay 
  to 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  at 
  Montreal, 
  is 
  

   425 
  miles, 
  and 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  twenty-nine 
  locks, 
  as 
  proposed. 
  

   Lake 
  Nipissing, 
  the 
  summit 
  level, 
  is 
  forty-six 
  feet 
  above 
  Georgian 
  

   bay 
  and 
  640 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  at 
  Montreal. 
  The 
  

   estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  this 
  canal 
  is 
  f 
  80,000,000. 
  A 
  company 
  has 
  been 
  

   formed 
  to 
  construct 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   merely 
  waiting 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  turn 
  the 
  barge 
  canal 
  project 
  would 
  

  

  