Ville-Marie in Montréal, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
La batellerie du Saint-Laurent
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The St. Lawrence Fleet
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2024
1. La batellerie du Saint-Laurent / The St. Lawrence Fleet Marker
La batellerie du Saint-Laurent
La taille des écluses limite celle des bateaux qui les empruntent. Les quatre grandes périodes dans l'histoire de la canalisation du Saint-Laurent ont chacune connu une embarcation typique, parfois spécifiquement conçue pour maximiser l'espace disponible aux écluses. Avec les années, la charge utile de ces navires a prodigieusement augmenté, passant de moins de 20 tonnes avec le bateau Durham d'antan à plus de 30 000 tonnes avec le lacquier ou laker contemporain. Sur aucun autre fleuve ou rivière du monde ne circulent de tels mastodontes.
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• Le vapeur Corsican dans les rapides de Lachine, sans date.
• Lacquier dans l’écluse de Saint-Lambert de la Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent, vers 1965.
• Bateau Durham devant Brockville, Ontario, 1828.
• Le canaler Simla, écluse no 1, canal de Lachine, 1920.
• Dimensions des écluses (longueur, largeur et profondeur), canaux du Saint-Laurent.
The St. Lawrence Fleet
The dimensions of a lock limit the size of the boats that it can accommodate. The four major periods in the history of the canalization of the St. Lawrence have
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• S.S. Corsican in the Lachine Rapids, no date.
• Laker in Saint-Lambert lock, St. Lawrence Seaway, circa 1965.
• Durham Boat at Brockville, Ontario, 1828.
• The canaler Simla in Lock No. 1, Lachine Canal, 1920.
• Size of locks (length, width and draught), St. Lawrence canals.
Erected by Parcs Canada & Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal / Parks Canada & Old Port of Montreal Corporation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 45° 29.787′ N, 73° 33.141′ W. Marker is in Montréal, Québec. It is in Ville-Marie. It can be reached from the intersection of Rue de la Commune Ouest and Rue Mill, on the left when traveling south. The marker is near the canal walkway
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2024
2. La batellerie du Saint-Laurent / The St. Lawrence Fleet Marker
This marker is the second from the left of four interpretive panels overlooking the Lachine Canal from a platform near the canal walkway.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Les canaux du Saint-Laurent / The St. Lawrence Canals (here, next to this marker); L'époque revolue des canalers / The Era of the Canaler (here, next to this marker); Vers L'intérieur du continent / Gateway to the Interior (here, next to this marker); Une ville en profonde mutation / Transformation of a City (here, next to this marker); Le berceau de l'industrie / Cradle of Canadian Industry (here, next to this marker); Un petit monde en soi / A World Unto Itself (here, next to this marker); Trois Siecles D'histoire / Three Centuries of History (here, next to this marker); Le site des écluses nos 1 et 2 / The site of locks 1 and 2 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montréal.
Also see . . . St. Lawrence Seaway (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: System of rivers, locks, canals, and channels in Eastern Canada and the Northern United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior. The seaway is named for the St. Lawrence River, which flows straight from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Gulf of St. Lawrence. Legally, the seaway extends from Montreal, Quebec, to Lake Erie, and includes the Welland Canal. Ships from the Atlantic Ocean are able to reach ports in all five of the Great Lakes via the Great Lakes Waterway.(Submitted on June 2, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)In the 1950s, seaway designers chose not to build the locks to match the size of ships permitted by the 1914 locks at the Panama Canal (965 by 106 feet, known as the Panamax limit). Instead, the seaway locks were built to match the smaller locks of Welland Canal, which opened in 1932. The seaway locks permit passage of a ship 740 feet long by 78 feet wide (the Seawaymax limit).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
