Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada

On-Line Visit

The words Angrignon Footbridge
© Parks Canada / J. Beardsell / 1998

While strolling along the banks of the Lachine Canal, a complex landscape unfolds before your curious eyes. The locks and walls of the canalized waterway, the 19th century factories and the downtown skyscrapers compose a fresco testifying both to the canal's past vitality and to a promising future.

map of the Lachine Canalmap of the Lachine Canal
  Parks Canada
  1. The Old Port Locks Sector
  2. The Peel Basin Sector
  3. The CN Harbour Bridge Sector
  4. The Saint-Gabriel Lock Sector
  5. The Atwater Market Sector
  6. The Merchants Manufacturing Co. Sector
  7. The Côte-Saint-Paul Lock Sector
  8. The Towpath
  9. The LaSalle Coke Crane Sector
  10. The LaSalle Sector
  11. The Three Entrances to the Canal
  12. The Lachine Lock Sector
  13. Monk Island
  14. The Old Canal Sector
  15. The Lachine Rapids