Before the Seaway

The Cornwall Canal

Digging the Cornwall Canal around 1840
Source: Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Historical Society
"Sammy in the Sunlight", ca.1906
An idealized take on the Cornwall CanalSource: Private collector
Cornwall Canal, ca. early 1900s
Valentine & Sons Publishing Ltd., Source: Private collector
Cornwall Canal
This scene not in Cornwall but west of the city near Sheek Island. Source: Private collector
Canal entrance at Iroquois, ca. 1907
Pub: Warwick Bros & Rutter Ltd., Source: Private collector
The Cornwall Canal in the city of Cornwall, ca. 1920s
Pub: PECO, Source: Private collector
The Cornwall Canal in the city of Cornwall
Pub: Federated Press Ltd., Source: Private collector
The Long Sault Rapids with the Cornwall Canal in the foreground, ca. 1920s.
Pub: Valentine-Black Ltd., Source: Private collector
A ship in the canal with the Long Sault Rapids in the background., ca. 1940s
Although this photo is identified as "Cornwall", the location is in fact near Morrisburg.Source: Private collector
A steamer on the Cornwall Canal ca. 1920s
Phototex, Source: Private collector
The steamer "Grey Beaver" at the Augustus Street swing bridge in Cornwall, ca. 1932
Source: Private collector
A Canada Steamship freighter near Lock 17 on the Cornwall Canal, ca. 1950
Source: Private collector
A ship passing through the canal and swing bridge near Iroquois, May 1947
Source: Private collector
St. Lawrence River & the Cornwall Canal, ca. 1952
Site of the proposed dam and power project between Canada and the U.S.A.Photo: Dwight Church, Source: Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Historical Society
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