The history of the Lachine Canal
If you’d ever wondered about the history of the Lachine Canal you can now discover its history in a walking tour or in a kayak. I was told stories about the canal from my childhood, some of them quite morbid, so although I enjoyed walking along it when I was working down in the Hank, I’ll let others hear the more sanitized versions.
Max 22:38 on 2019-08-10 Permalink
Some Concordia students and Parks Canada put together an hour-long audio tour, along with a nice 50-page booklet back in 2013.
http://postindustrialmontreal.ca/audiowalks/canal-2013
The mp3’s been languishing unlistened on my phone for years now so I can’t actually vouch for it, but it appears promising.
You’ll need to setup a free account to get at these PDF articles from The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, but it’s well worth the effort for anyone seriously interested in the history of the canal.
https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=lachine+canal&filter=