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The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, [1] running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. [2] It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade between the United States and Canada.
The Piste cyclable du Canal-de-Chambly is a 20 km (12 mi) bicycle path that follows the towpath along the canal. The bike path is part of Quebec's Route Verte bicycle path network. The canal is a national historic site operated by Parks Canada. The agency also manages other national historic sites along the river: Fort Chambly, Fort Ste ...
Chambly is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada.It is located in the Montérégie region, inland from the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River.. It was formed from the merger in 1965 of Fort-Chambly (formerly Chambly-Canton prior to 1952) and the old city of Chambly (formerly Chambly-Basin prior to 1952, and earlier sometimes called Bassin-de-Chambly).
Chambly Canal: A historic canal located between Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The canal is a national historic site managed by Parks Canada and represents an important part of Quebec’s transportation history.
Fort Chambly around 1910, by Joseph-Charles Franchère. Fort Chambly at the foot of the Chambly rapids on the Richelieu River in Quebec, Canada, was built by the French in 1711. It was the last of three forts to be built on the same site. The first — then called Fort Saint Louis — was constructed in 1665 by captain Jacques de Chambly, to ...
The Chambly Canal extends 20 kilometres (12 mi) north along the west bank of the river and provides modern freight passage to Chambly and the St. Lawrence River. The canal has one lock near the downtown core of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In the winter, the city builds a skating rink on the canal near the lock.
The Chambly Basin is an important area for recreational tourism activities including boating in the summer, the connected Chambly Canal and nearby Fort Chambly National Historic Sites. Its surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
A canal on the east bank of the Richelieu River; along with the Chambly Canal, commemorates the importance in the 19th century of the inland water transportation route joining Montreal and New York City: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary: 1873 (established) 1990 Laval