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=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
The earliest European settlers in the Richelieu River area were French. Irish laborers were used to build the Chambly Canal.<ref name="Did">Parks Canada, "Did you know?," ''Chambly Canal National Historic Site Canada'' at http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/chambly/natcul/natcul2/natcul2e.aspx (9 June 2011).</ref> | The earliest European settlers in the Richelieu River area were French. Irish laborers were used to build the Chambly Canal by hand.<ref name="Did">Parks Canada, "Did you know?," ''Chambly Canal National Historic Site Canada'' at http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/chambly/natcul/natcul2/natcul2e.aspx (9 June 2011).</ref> | ||
No complete list of settlers who used the Richelieu River - Chambly Canal is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that route may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1843 and therefore who were the most likely candidates to have traveled the Richelieu River - Chambly Canal. | No complete list of settlers who used the Richelieu River - Chambly Canal is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that route may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived after 1843 and therefore who were the most likely candidates to have traveled the Richelieu River - Chambly Canal. | ||