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Beauharnois Chronology Beauharnois chronology 1845 First Beauharnois Canal is completed. 1899 Soulanges Canal is completed. 1902 Beauharnois Light, Heat & Power Co. is incorporated 1913 R.O. Sweezey investigates Beauharnois site. 1914 N. Cantin incorporates Great Lakes and Atlantic .. Co. 1921 Robert family grant option to N. Cantin. 1921 Newman, Sweezey & Co. is incorporated. 4 April 1925 Sweezey begins work for N. Cantin. Nov. 1926 Joint Board of Engineers files its report. 31 Dec. 1926 Sweezey resigns position with Cantin. 3 Feb. 1927 Sweezey signs deal with Robert family. Summer 1927 The first Beauharnois syndicate is organized. 27 Sept. 1927 F.P. Jones is named president, Beauharnois. Sept. 1927 Winfield Sifton begins work for Beauharnois. 29 Dec. 1927 McDougald contributes $10,000 to L.H. Trust fund 17 Jan. 1928 Beauharnois application to the federal government is filed. 4 April 1928 Second Beauharnois syndicate is organized. 13 June 1928 Winfield Sifton dies. 23June 1928 Quebec amends Beauharnois charter and lease. October 1928 McDougald contributes $15,000 to L.H. Trust fund 11 Dec. 1928 King meets with Haydon, Mclachlan, and Henry. 13 Dec. 1928 Deputy minister of railways and canals dies. 18 Dec. 1928 Beauharnois and Sterling Industrial Corp. are merged. 15 Jan. 1929 Public Hearings in J.C. Elliott's office. 5 Feb. 1929 Supreme Court rules on federal powers in streams. x Beauharnois chronology 14 Feb. 1929 Henry becomes deputy minister of railways and canals. 8 March 1929 Federal cabinet approves PC 422. 30 March 1929 R.A.C. Henry resigns as deputy minister. 10 June 1929 Tentative agreement with Ontario Hydro July 1929 Beauharnois attempts to file detailed plans. 26July 1929 F.P. Jones resigns as president of Beauharnois. 26July 1929 Corporate reorganization with Montreal Power 12 Oct. 1929 Official beginning of Beauharnois construction 13 Oct. 1929 Banks threaten to stop advances to Beauharnois. 28 Oct. 1929 Contract with Ontario Hydro is signed. 29 Oct. 1929 Worst day of the Wall Street stock market crash 30 Oct. 1929 Ontario general election 31 Oct. 1929 Beauharnois Power Corporation is organized. 30 Nov. 1929 Final contract with Ontario Hydro is signed. March 1930 Sweezey is forced to give evidence in Cantin suit. 7 April 1930 Garland asks for Beauharnois documents in House of Commons. 22 May 1930 Gardiner motion re Beauharnois is introduced. 19June 1930 Frank Regan contacts Ontario Attorney-General W.H. Price. 28July 1930 Canadian federal election 15 Jan. 1931 Beauharnois first mortgage bonds are authorized. 22 May 1931 Gardiner and Garland ask questions in House of Commons. 19 May 1931 First major attack in the House of Commons 10 June 1931 Special Select Committee, House of Commons, is appointed. 15 June 1931 Special Select Committee begins its work. 1 July 1931 Special Select Committee visits Beauharnois. 28 July 1931 Official report of parliamentary committee is filed. 1 Aug. 1931 Federal legislation to assist project completion 1 Aug. 1931 Banks refuse further loans to Beauharnois. Sept. 1931 Bennett rejects proposed Montreal Power offer and agrees to guarantee Beauharnois bank loans. 16 Nov. 1931 King returns trust money to McDougald. 19 Nov. 1931 Sweezey, McDougald, and Henry resign. Jan. 1932 Bennett suggests arrangements be made with some other power company or Beauharnois be liquidated. xi Beauharnois chronology 11 Feb. 1932 Special Senate Committee is appointed. 1 April 1932 Beauharnois defaults on bond interest payments. 22 April 1932 Temporary committee of bondholders is organized. 28 April 1932 Montreal Power proposes scheme ofreorganization. 10 June 1932 Disputed bondholders meeting in Montreal 11 June 1932 Toronto bondholders' committee is organized. 31 Oct. 1932 Ontario royal commission report is presented. 1 Oct. 1932 Beauharnois begins power deliveries. 10 Nov. 1932 Andrew Haydon dies. 16 March 1933 New Montreal Power scheme of reorganization is accepted. 10 July 1934 Mitch Hepburn is elected premier of Ontario. 14 Oct. 1935 Mackenzie King wins federal election. 25 Nov. 1935 Quebec provincial election reduces Taschereau to minority government. 6 Dec. 1935 Ontario Hydro's Beauharnois contract is repudiated. 17 Aug. 1936 Liberals are defeated in Quebec election. 16 Feb. 1937 Modified contract with Ontario Hydro is ratified. 21 April 1938 New Montreal Power scheme of reorganization is accepted. May 1941 Quebec legislature authorizes nationalization of Montreal Power and subsidiaries. 14 May 1944 Quebec Hydro Electric Commission is created and takes over Beauharnois and Montreal Power works. 17 March 1961 Construction of last Beauharnois phase is completed. THOUSAND ISLANDS SECTION INTERNI\TIONI\L RAPIDS SECTION ILAKE ST. FRANCIS ~ISECTION LACHINE SECTION 67MILES-FALL ONE FOOT 48HILES - 92 FEET FALL SECTION 18 MILES 23HIUS 48FEET fALL 2"""' 000 H.P. 26Hll[S·NO FALL NO POWER S5FHTfALL ~~• · NO POWER ltP. '1' A R ][ 0 0 ~ LAKE ST FRANCIS. A map of the Beauharnois project ~ {~~ i~ !:? .. ~ .. "TOP D YKE ~~ ~ .... ~ - - -- - - --o,r -- - - - - - -- - . GAOUNOLINE "ti Borf'OH 0, S>f/P CHA/'INl!L ~ ~ ... ., .. " ! ~!~ t~ PROFILE OF CANA/. LAl<E ST. l'RANCIS LAl<E ST. LOUIS WATER LEVEL /53 F}-. ,.,ATER LIWliL 'i'Ol'f, -r SOI/TH NORTH IMBANl<ffENr EMIMNt<HEtvr WATER LEVEL /'f/N/f'{U/'f W!OT'H Jooo Fl-. - - "' ~ROVND L / 1'16 - - - SNIP ClfANNEl. Z7Ff. DEEP ,oorl: l+'tDE Trf'ICA/. CROSS SECTION Or CANAL "·"···· A profile of the new Beauharnois canal Robert Oliver Sweezey, 1883-1968 Senator Wilfrid Laurier McDougald, 1881-1940 RIGHT Senator Donat Raymond, 1880-196:~ BELOW RIGHT Robert Alexander Cecil Henry, 1884-1962 BELOW LEFT Senator Andrew Haydon, 1867-1932 The dredge 'R.O. Sweezey' cutting through the New York Central Railroad, 14 October 1930 The discharge pipes mounted on pontoons, 5 May 1930 I , I Discharge from the dredge 'R.O. Sweezey,' 5 May 1930 The dipper of the Marion shovel, 8 February 1930 Bankers and insurance men at Beauharnois, 16 October 1930 Members of the Montreal Board of Trade at Beauharnois, 23 September 1930 The Beauharnois powerhouse on 13 March 1931 The Beauharnois powerhouse as completed in 1961 .
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