Collection search - Trent Canal water registers [textual record]

Record information – Brief
1
Trent Canal water registers [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1873-1959

Reference:

R610-206-1-E, RG43-C-II-2, RG43-C-II

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134597

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Department of Railways and Canals fonds

Trent Canal water registers
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Date(s):

1873-1959

Bilingual equivalent:

Click here

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

Series consists of water registers in which were recorded water levels at various locations on the Trent Canal system from 1873 to 1941; also included is a similar register recording water levels in the canal's reservoir lakes, 1912-1959.

When the Department of Railways and Canals was created in 1879, it assumed responsibility for Canada's canal systems. The Canal Branch of the new department was organized to supervise the operation, maintenance and enlargement of the various canals in Canada, and to arrange for the construction of new ones if required. The Trent River Navigation was viewed as early as the 1820s as a means of establishing a connection between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. The system consisted of the Trent River and the inland waters of the Newcastle District. Following a series of surveys in the early 1830s, two commissions, one for each area, were created in 1837 to direct improvements in the system. However, only a small amount of work was done and both commissions were abolished in 1841. Eventually, the construction of a canal system was undertaken and by 1919 a complete Trent River Navigation was opened for traffic.

Finding aid:

Show detail Hide detail

(No finding aid)

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the series.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Researchers may also wish to consult the records of the Commission for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Inland Waters of the Newcastle District and the records of the Commission for the Improvement of the Trent River, 1837-1841, 0.1 m (Vol. 2434) (formerly RG43-C-II-1). These records are currently found in the GARDD pre-confederation collection, pending transfer to Manuscript Division., It should also be noted that for the period prior to 1879, departmental records concerning the construction and operation of canals can be located in the records of the Board of Works and the Department of Public Works, MIKAN 22 (RG11). The Canal Branch correspondence described in MIKAN 134578 (RG43-B-1) also includes files on the development and operation of each canal in Canada; additional material relating to Canada's canals is available in the records of Transport Canada, MIKAN23 (RG 12).

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

Show detail Hide detail

1976-77/065 GAD
RG43-C-II-2

Former archival reference no.:

Show detail Hide detail

RG43-C-II-2
RG43-C-II
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG43] 2458--2469

[Consultation 90 Open]

Terms of use:

Show detail Hide detail

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.