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An Upstream Battle Marker
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 5, 2014
Caption: An Upstream Battle Marker
Additional Description: Captions (English / French): (map on bottom) Canals built by the British military between Lake St Louis and Lake St François, in 1788. / Les canaux des militaires britanniques, entre les lacs Saint-Louis et Saint-François, en 1788.; (top center) Around 1835, 1500 batteaux and 800 Durham barges, along with river boats and wooden rafts, formed the bulk of the watercraft on the upper St. Lawrence. / Vers 1835, 1500 «batteaux» et 800 barges Durham, auxquels s’ajoutent chalands de radeaux en bois, constituent l’essentiel de la batellerie du haut Saint-Laurent.; (middle center) Cascades Canal, circa 1820. / Le canal des Cascades, vers 1820.; (top right) Introduced by the French, the bateau was a a flat-bottomed boat with pointed ends and a sail. A crew of four or five en plied oars or poles as needed. The small craft measured 9 to 12 m long and 1.5 to 2.5 m wide. / Introduit par les Français, le «batteau» est un barque à fond plat, pointue aux deux bouts et munie d’une voile. Le équipage compte quatre ou cinq homes qui manient rams et perches au besoin. L’embarcation mesure de 9 m à 12 m de log sur 1.5 m à 2.5 mm de large.; The Durham barge was a flat-bottomed craft introduced by the Americans around 1800. Larger than the bateau, it differed in its rounded bow and aft-mounted rudder. Its dimensions varied from 25 to 30 m long and 3 to 4 m wide. / Le barge Durham est une embarcation à fond plat, introduite par les Américains ver 1800. Plus grosse que le «batteau», elle s’en distingue par sa proue arrondie et par son gouvernail arrière. Ses dimensions varient entre 25 m et 39 m de long et 3 m et 4 m de large.
Submitted: April 5, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p304641
File Size: 3.275 Megabytes

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