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Welland Canal Company, minutes and other material [textual record]

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Date:

1824-1843

Reference:

R555-8-8-E, RG43-C-VI-1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

137299

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GARDD pre-confederation collection

Department of Railways and Canals,

Welland Canal Company, minutes and other material
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Sub-series includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1824-1843

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No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.89 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and maintained by the Welland Canal Company between 1824 and 1843. These records include minute books of meetings of the Board of Directors, letterbooks, estimate books, and accounting records. (RG43, Vols. 2097-2113)

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Welland Canal

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Welland Canal : The first Welland Canal was constructed in 1824-1829 by a private company, incorporated in 1824 and 1825, of which George Keefer (1773-1858) was the President. It crossed the Niagara Peninsula of what is now south west Ontario from Port Weller on Lake Ontario to Port Colborne on Lake Erie, overcoming a height difference of 99.4 m. between the lakes and bypassing the turbulent Niagara River and Niagara Falls. It created and expanded communities along its length and was a primary factor in their urban form and industrial development, for prior to its construction all freight had to be transported overland from Queenston to Chippawa Creek (Welland).

In 1841, the Province of Canada purchased the Welland Canal from its private holders. A series of major new construction works were undertaken at various times, often on different routes, and in 1959, the modern or fourth canal became part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. A bypass at Welland was opened in 1973.

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The principal records of the Welland Canal, 1824-1959, are to be found in the Welland Canal series (MIKAN 134602, RG43-C-VI), a part of the Department of Railways and Canals fonds, (MIKAN 276, RG43).

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2883 : originally part of volume 2097

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Government

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RG43-C-VI-1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG43]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2097--2113;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2883;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24