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RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



Names. 



Distance 

 from An- 

 ticosti in 

 miles. 



Elevation 

 above the 

 Sea level. 



Number 

 of Locks 



Length of 

 Locks in 

 feet. 



Breadth 

 of Locks 

 in feet. 



Total 

 Lockage 

 in feet. 



Anticosti 

 Quebec - 

 Montreal - 



Lachine Canal ™ ™ - 

 Beauhamois do. - 

 Cornwall do. - - _ 

 Fan-en's Point do. 

 Rapid Plat do. 



410 



590 



614 



662i 

 673i 

 688" 



14 



58-5-141-3 

 142-6-185-6 

 190-5-195 

 195-3-207 



5 

 9 

 7 

 1 

 2 



200 

 200 

 200 

 200 



45 

 45 

 45 

 45 



44| 

 82i 

 43 

 4 

 12 



Pt. Iroquois Canal 

 Galops do. - 



699i 

 714i 



207-213 

 213-225 



1 



2 







6 



8 



Lake Ontario - 

 Welland Canal - 



766 

 1016 



234 

 234-564 



27 



150 



26i 



330 



Lake Erie - - - - 

 Detroit River - - - 

 Lake St. Clair 

 River St. Clair 



1280 



OD4fc 



564 











Lake Huron - 

 River Ste. Marie 

 Sault Ste. Marie Canal 



1355 

 1580 

 1650 



573 

 573-582-5 

 582-5-600 



2 



550 



75 



m 



Lake Superior - 

 Fort William 

 Superior City - 



1650 

 1910 

 2030 



600 











With the single exception of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, 

 all the great public works which have been contrived and 

 executed for the purpose of reducing the obstacles to 

 uninterrupted navigation between the great lakes and the 

 ocean, lie within Canadian territory, and are under the 

 control of the Canadian Government.* 



According to the results of a recent survey of the 

 Ottawa, made with a view to connect the St. Lawrence 

 with Lake Huron by that river, the distance from the 



* The cost of the construction of these remarkable links in the chain of 

 unbroken communication which now penetrates a distance exceeding 2000 

 miles into the interior of the North American continent, approaches 

 15,000,000 dollars, and the annual revenue has risen from 131,000 dollars, 

 in 1850, to 369,110 dollars in 1858. 



