Grenville Canal National Historic Event
Grenville, Quebec
Grenville Canal
(© PC Database)
Address :
Canal North Road, Grenville, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1929-05-17
Other Name(s):
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Grenville Canal
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1987-A03, 2001-A02, 2005-077
Importance:
Constructed 1819-33, enlarged 1871-82, to connect Montréal and Ottawa
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Canal North Road, Grenville, Quebec
Designed and constructed by the Royal Engineers. Commenced in 1819, completed in 1833, enlarged from 1871 to 1882. One of the canals which, by way of the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa, Rideau and Cataraqui rivers connect Montreal with Ottawa and Kingston.
Plaque mounted in 1931 on the Canal Reserve in Grenville, P.Q.