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=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
The [[Chambly_Canal|Chambly Canal]] along a part of the upper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] helps connect the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River Saint Lawrence River] in [[Quebec]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] in [[Vermont Genealogy|Vermont]] and [[New York Genealogy|New York]]. The canal and its locks allowed boats to bypass the Richelieu River rapids near Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Work began on this canal in 1831 and was completed in 1843. The canal from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Chambly is 12 miles (19 km) long.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Chambly Canal" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambly_Canal (accessed 7 June 2011).</ref> | The [[Chambly_Canal|Chambly Canal]] along a part of the upper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] helps connect the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River Saint Lawrence River] in [[Quebec Genealogy|Quebec]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] in [[Vermont Genealogy|Vermont]] and [[New York Genealogy|New York]]. The canal and its locks allowed boats to bypass the Richelieu River rapids near Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Work began on this canal in 1831 and was completed in 1843. The canal from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Chambly is 12 miles (19 km) long.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Chambly Canal" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambly_Canal (accessed 7 June 2011).</ref> | ||
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] in [[Quebec]] flows north from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] near the United States border about 106 miles (171 km) to Sorel-Tracy where it joins the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River Saint Lawrence River].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Richelieu River" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River (accessed 8 June 2011).</ref> | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] in [[Quebec Genealogy|Quebec]] flows north from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] near the United States border about 106 miles (171 km) to Sorel-Tracy where it joins the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River Saint Lawrence River].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Richelieu River" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River (accessed 8 June 2011).</ref> | ||
Indians and French settlers used the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] and recognized its strategic military importance as a probable invasion route. A series of forts were built in the 1600s and 1700s to help defend it.<ref name="waterway">Parks Canada, "Waterway History," ''Chambly Canal National Historic Site Canada'' at http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/chambly/natcul/natcul2/natcul2a.aspx (8 June 2011).</ref> | Indians and French settlers used the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] and recognized its strategic military importance as a probable invasion route. A series of forts were built in the 1600s and 1700s to help defend it.<ref name="waterway">Parks Canada, "Waterway History," ''Chambly Canal National Historic Site Canada'' at http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/chambly/natcul/natcul2/natcul2a.aspx (8 June 2011).</ref> | ||