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Canada >
Ontario >
Cardinal >
Galop Canal
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A 7 mile long historic canal along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River between Johnstown and Iroquois, Ontario.
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Type: Outdoors
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: not very exciting
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Remains of the historic canal, including locks at Cardinal and Iroquois. While you're in the neighbourhood, check out the Seaway locks at Iroquois, and the grain elevator at Prescott.
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Camera, binocs if you're into boat watching
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1846: Originally built 9 feet deep with 200 foot locks. 1898: Enlarged to 14 foot depth, locks extended to 270 feet. 1958: Closed and partially inundated with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Saint Lawrence Canal History article by James Gilmore. Lots of details about Canadian historic canals and the ships that used to ply them. The Canals of Canada article by Nobel E. Whitford. Covers all of the historic Canadian canals. A map produced by the Power Authority of the State of New York, showing this part of the St. Lawrence River before and after the Seaway works of the 1950s. More details can be found in this historic gallery for the Cornwall Canal.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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Photography |
5 / 10 |
Coolness |
3 / 10 |
Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 5/7/2021 12:10 AM.
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on May 7 21 at 0:10, Emperor Wang validated this location on May 7 21 at 0:09, Emperor Wang changed the following: Web Links on Jun 28 10 at 19:05, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jun 28 10 at 19:05, Emperor Wang changed the following: Future Plans on Sep 22 08 at 2:48, Opheliaism validated this location on Sep 22 08 at 1:59, Greg created a new gallery on Sep 4 08 at 12:36, Emperor Wang validated this location on Sep 4 08 at 5:46, Greg moved this gallery out of this location on Sep 4 08 at 5:43, Greg added some pictures to a gallery on Sep 4 08 at 5:42, Greg added some pictures to a gallery
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