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Ocean-going vessels have always been able to ascend the river to Quebec, and a deepening of the channel now takes them to Montreal. From this point the traffic is conducted by lake steamers. The Lachine Rapids 265 206 DOMINION OF CANADA obstruct the passage to Lake Ontario, and the vessels in consequence ascend the Ottawa River to the capital, where the Rideau Canal leads into Lake Ontario at Kingston. The navigation of this lake to Hamilton at the western end is easy, but the ascent to Lake Er...ie has to be made by the twenty-six locks of the Welland Canal, which has been constructed to avoid the Niagara Falls. The route then proceeds by Lake Erie, the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the River St. Clair and Lake Huron to the rapids at gg! L SUPERIOR L HURON 9 Lawrence ! Diagram illustrating gradients along the Lake Route (Vertical exaggeration about 900 times) FIG. 37. Sault Ste. Marie, which are avoided by the Soo Canals leading to Lake Superior. (Fig. 36. ) The vessels using this route carry manufactured goods imported from Europe and the United States, or manufactured in the eastern provinces for distri- bution in the west, and return heavily laden with wheat, timber and mineral ores.
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