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Welland Canal collection [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1823-1826.

Reference:

R3731-0-6-E, MG24-E3

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98730

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Welland Canal collection
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Date(s):

1823-1826.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.8 cm of textual records (33 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of miscellaneous manuscript and printed documents relating to the construction of a canal between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, and the incorporation of the Welland Canal Company, 1823-1825. Also included is the directors' report, 1826.

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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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General note:

Documents accumulated by George Keefer which were received by the National Archives of Canada at some time prior to 1908 and originally inventoried as Volume 180 of the obsolete "M" Series.

Related material:

Researchers should note that the principle records of the Welland Canal, 1824-1959, are to be found in RG 43.
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Welland Canal Company - Business records, 1826 Lake Ontario, [1823-1825]

Canals - Construction, 1823-1825 Lake Erie, [1823-1825]

Welland Canal Company, [1823-1825]
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Private

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MG24-E3
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Volume [MG24 E 3] 1

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