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St. Lawrence Seaway & the Port EVOLUTION OF THE Weller HOW A LOCK WORKS INFORMATION WELLAND CANAL Lake Harbour Ontario Passageway for the World • The Great Lakes comprise the largest and most First Welland Canal far-reaching inland waterway in the world Known As: First Welland Canal (2000km or 1300 miles) Built: 1824-1833 Port Dalhousie • The Welland Canal allows ships to defy the Length: 45km (28 miles) Falls and conquer the Niagara escarpment in Number of Locks: 40 of oak timber Length of Locks: 33.5m (110ft) City of order to continue through the Great Lakes system. Width of Locks: 6.37m (22ft) St. Catharines Depth of Locks: 2.4m (8ft) History 91 MILLION LITRES • The Welland Canal Company, founded in 21 MILLION GALLONS 1824 by dug a canal by Second Welland Canal Known As: Old Welland Canal hand, with only the assistance of horse-drawn Built: 1842-1853 carts. Length: 45km (28 miles) •Today, the canal is operated by the St. Lawrence Number of Locks: 26 of masonry Seaway Management Corporation Length of Locks: 45.7m (150ft) Width of Locks: 8m (26.5ft) City of Ships and Cargo Depth of Locks: 3.6m (12ft) • Tolls for passage vary from $10,000 to $31,000 for a loaded cargo ship or barge, Allanburg Third Welland Canal depending on gross tonnage, and cargo type. It is Known As: New Welland Canal Port CARGO ON THE CANAL approximately $1,500 for a small passenger ship Built: 1872-1887 Robinson and $200 each way for a pleasure craft for all 8 Iron Project Grains Break Length: 37km (23 miles) Ore Cargo Bulk locks. Number of Locks: 25 of masonry Length of Locks: 82.3m (270ft) Bridges and Tunnels Width of Locks: 13.7m (45ft) • There are four “swing lift” bridges and three 4.3m (14ft) Depth of Locks: “vertical lift” bridges crossing the Canal while three tunnels pass under the Welland Canal; the Fourth Welland Canal , Main Street Tunnel and Townline Known As: Welland Ship Canal City of Welland Tunnel Built: 1913-1932 1 = 301 = 964 • All tunnels vary in length due to the canal width Length: 43.5km (27 miles) above them. Number of Locks: 8 of concrete Length of Locks: 261.8m (859ft) Width of Locks: 24.4m (80ft) THE GREAT LAKES/ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY SYSTEM Depth of Locks: 7.8m (25.5ft) 12 minutes Time to Fill 1 Locks: Sault Ste Marie Welland Canal Iroquois, Eisenhower (”Soo” Locks) & Snell Locks

StCM Beauharnois Locks City of Lake Côte Ste. Catherine Superior Lake & St. Lambert Locks Erie Lake Port Huron Niagara St. Lawrence Colborne Lake Harbour River River Atlantic Lake Ontario Ocean Lake Erie Michigan

Source: Niagara Canada . Niagara's Welland Canal, Niagara Ontario, 2018.