General Report of the Commissioner1891 |
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... water on the mitre sills . Entrance piers are also under con- struction . A retaining wall has been built along the edge of the river to protect the lock wall . Mooring piers , a guide pier and a wharf have been constructed at the upper ...
... water on the mitre sills . Entrance piers are also under con- struction . A retaining wall has been built along the edge of the river to protect the lock wall . Mooring piers , a guide pier and a wharf have been constructed at the upper ...
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... water on sills . Work commenced 1837 , and completed chiefly in 1844 . do on Welland Canal enlargement ... Work commenced 30th November , 1824. Canal first opened 30th November , 1829. Original | wooden locks 110 by 22 feet , with 7 ...
... water on sills . Work commenced 1837 , and completed chiefly in 1844 . do on Welland Canal enlargement ... Work commenced 30th November , 1824. Canal first opened 30th November , 1829. Original | wooden locks 110 by 22 feet , with 7 ...
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... water on sills .. Canal commenced . Canal opened to navigation with locks 118 to 125 × 23 feet with 7 feet water on the sills .. 1st March , 1867 , to 1st Sept. , 1868 . 1st Sept. , 1870 . 10th June , 1871 . January , 1874 . August ...
... water on sills .. Canal commenced . Canal opened to navigation with locks 118 to 125 × 23 feet with 7 feet water on the sills .. 1st March , 1867 , to 1st Sept. , 1868 . 1st Sept. , 1870 . 10th June , 1871 . January , 1874 . August ...
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... water on sills . Chambly Canal open to navigation . St. Ours Lock and Dam proposed . 1882 to 1869 to 1873 . 1873 to 1880 . Sept. , 1883 . Sept. , '83 to July , '88 . 17th May , 1888 . July , 1889-91 . July , 1880-85 . October , 1873-83 ...
... water on sills . Chambly Canal open to navigation . St. Ours Lock and Dam proposed . 1882 to 1869 to 1873 . 1873 to 1880 . Sept. , 1883 . Sept. , '83 to July , '88 . 17th May , 1888 . July , 1889-91 . July , 1880-85 . October , 1873-83 ...
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... water on lock sills ; commenced 1876 , unfinished 1890 . Superintending Engineer of the Rideau Canal . He was the first Superintending Engineer appointed on this work by the Government of Canada ; all previous engineers thereon having ...
... water on lock sills ; commenced 1876 , unfinished 1890 . Superintending Engineer of the Rideau Canal . He was the first Superintending Engineer appointed on this work by the Government of Canada ; all previous engineers thereon having ...
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Page 183 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 188 - Choukotski, to the meridian of one hundred and seventy-two west longitude; thence, from the intersection of that meridian, in a southwesterly direction, so as to pass midway between the island of Attou and the Copper island of the...
Page 183 - It is agreed that a line drawn from the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, or, if the said point shall not be in the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, then that a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Page 105 - Gate, and two canals, one on the north and one on the south side of the river, constructed.
Page 188 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the...
Page 184 - That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that She may be graciously pleased to cause a measure to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament, for the purpose of uniting the Colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, in one Government...
Page 185 - ... the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the...
Page 188 - ... degree of west longitude (of the same meridian) ; and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean.
Page 183 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel...
Page 184 - ... along the middle line of the course of the same river (whether called by the name of the English River or, as to the part below the confluence, by the name of the River Winnipeg) up to Lake Seul or the Lonely Lake, and thence along the middle line of...