Grenville Canal National Historic Event

Grenville, Quebec
Grenville Canal (© PC Database)
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):
  • 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.