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=== Route === | === Route === | ||
The Chambly Canal is connected to the Richelieu River at the south end in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, [[Saint-Jean County, Quebec|Saint-Jean County]], and to the same river at the north end in Chambly, [[Chambly County, Quebec]]. | The Chambly Canal is connected to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] at the south end in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, [[Saint-Jean County, Quebec|Saint-Jean County]], and to the same river at the north end in Chambly, [[Chambly County, Quebec]]. | ||
The Richelieu River flows north out of Lake Champlain in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie Montérégie] region in the far south of [[Quebec|Quebec]] as follows: | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu_River Richelieu River] flows north out of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain Lake Champlain] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie Montérégie] region in the far south of [[Quebec|Quebec]] as follows: | ||
:*Lake Champlain ([[Clinton County, New York]], and [[Grand Isle County, Vermont|Grand Isle]], and [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin]] counties in [[Vermont]]) | :*Lake Champlain ([[Clinton County, New York]], and [[Grand Isle County, Vermont|Grand Isle]], and [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin]] counties in [[Vermont]]) | ||
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:*St. Lawrence River | :*St. Lawrence River | ||
[[Image:Champlain map.png|center|500px]] '''Connecting Migration Routes'''. The Richelieu River | [[Image:Champlain map.png|center|500px]] '''Connecting Migration Routes'''. The Richelieu River and Chambly Canal are linked to other migration routes at each end. <br><br> | ||
The migration pathways connected at the ''south end'' included: | The migration pathways connected at the ''south end'' included: | ||
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:*[[Halifax Road]] or Grand Communication Route | :*[[Halifax Road]] or Grand Communication Route | ||
Also, the Chambly Canal and Richelieu River run parallel to part of the [[Lake Champlain Trail]] from Albany, New York to Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. | Also, the Chambly Canal and Richelieu River run parallel to part of the [[Lake Champlain Trail]] from Albany, New York to Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. | ||
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
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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> | 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. | ||
=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||