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WORK UNFINISHED: THE MAKING OF THE TRENT-SEVERN
WATERWAY
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"The
Trent Canal - now the 384-km-long Trent-Severn Waterway
- is a typical outcome of the conflict between history
and geography, a struggle between humans and nature
from which humans benefited," writes James T. Angus
in the introduction to A Work Unfinished: The Making
of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
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WORK UNFINISHED: THE MAKING OF THE TRENT-SEVERN WATERWAY |
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 Opening
day of Kirkfield lift lock, July 6, 1907. Stoney Lake,
the first steamer locked down, is in the centre of
the photograph.
Credit: National Archives of Canada C10957
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 The
third Big Chute marine railway, built in 1978, eliminates
boat congestion but ensures that the Trent Severn
Waterway remains an unfinished work.
Credit: Angus Collection
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 Locking
logs through Fenelon Falls lock, 1890.
Credit: National Archives of Canada, C8577
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 The
unfinished dam, left, and earth-filled lock at Newmarket
were intended to be part of a canal linking Lake Simcoe
to Aurora.
Credit: Angus Collection
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