To Ottawa, Ontario Via the Rideau Lakes and River From the Thousand Islands and the Territory of the New York Central Lines (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Before further anticipating, however, it would be well, per haps, to present to our readers a brief history of the stupendous mechanical and engineering work through which a continuous connection was made by water between Kingston, on Lake On tario, [and Montreal, on the lower St. Lawrence, a distance roughly computed at 226 miles. This will serve at the same time to acquaint the reader with the causes which led to the use of the term canal as applied to the whole waterway.

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