Welland Canal

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The Welland Canal is a ship canal that runs 43.4 km (27.0 mi) from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller, Ontario on Lake Ontario. As part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, it allows ships to avoid Niagara Falls by traversing the Niagara Escarpment.

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Modern-day canal [edit]

  • Bridge #11 in Allanburg, of Windoc collision fame

  • Port Robinson ferry, or what was once Bridge #12

  • John B. Aird transits the canal, just north of the Skyway bridge in St. Catharines, looking north along the canal

  • John B. Aird transits the canal, just north of the Skyway bridge in St. Catharines, looking south along the canal

  • Isa of Polsteam transits the canal

  • Canadian Olympic transits the canal

  • The Canal, Welland By-Pass part

  • A docking facility off the canal

  • Approach to Townline Tunnel, looking the other way

  • Lock 1

  • Niagara River satellite view

  • Profile of the Welland Canal

Past canals [edit]

First Welland Canal (1829-1845) [edit]

  • First stage of construction

  • Feeder Canal

  • Direct link to Lake Erie

  • Notice of opening in a newspaper

Second Welland Canal (1845-1887) [edit]

  • Lock ascending the Niagara Escarpment in Merritton

  • Remains of the lock gate

  • The aqueduct crossing Welland River in Welland

  • Stonework of the aqueduct

  • A plaque

Third Welland Canal (1887-1932) [edit]

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