Les Rapides de Lachine The Lachine Rapids Cette barrière naturelle, sue la voie de pénétration du continent, s'avéra décisive dans l'etablissement de Montréal comme centre d'échange, de production et de distribution. Ici, les eaux du fleuve s'engouffrent dans un étroit goulot encombré d'ilots et de rochers qui a longtemps fait obstacle au transport maritime vers l'Ouest. Les gens et les marchandises devaient voyager par terre entre Montréal at Lachine; en sens inverse, on se risquait à sauter les rapides. Ce n'est qu'avec l'ouverture du canal Lachine en 1825 que l'intérieur du continent fut relié à l'Est par une voie navigable. This natural obstacle on the main route into the continent played a decisive role in the establishment and the development on Montréal as a major centre of trade, production and distribution. Here the river rushes through a narrow channel strewn with boulders and small islets. For travellers going inland, the rapids were a major impediment to transportation on the St. Lawrence. Both travellers and goods had to pass overland from Montréal to Lachine; descending the river, they could risk shooting the rapids. It was not until the opening of the Lachine Canal in 1825 that a navigable route to the interior was developed.

English translation: "The Lachine Rapids The Lachine Rapids This natural barrier, along the continent's path of penetration, proved decisive in the establishment of Montreal as a centre for exchange, production and distribution. Here, the waters of the river flow into a narrow bottleneck crowded with islands and rocks that has long been an obstacle to shipping westward. People and goods had to travel by land between Montreal and Lachine; in the opposite direction, they risked jumping the rapids. It was only with the opening of the Lachine Canal in 1825 that the interior of the continent was connected to the east by a waterway. This natural obstacle on the main route into the continent played a decisive role in the establishment and the development on Montréal as a major centre of trade, production and distribution. Here the river rushes through a narrow channel strewn with boulders and small islets. For travellers going inland, the rapids were a major impediment to transportation on the St. Lawrence. Both travellers and goods had to pass overland from Montreal to Lachine; descending the river, they could risk shooting the rapids. It was not until the opening of the Lachine Canal in 1825 that a navigable route to the interior was developed. [AWS Translate]"

by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

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