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- Coteau Rapids
- 1 Toll charges Cascades and Coteau locks£2-10-0
Towing costs at rapids5-10-0
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- 2 some small wooden locks were built at Cascades, Coteau and Long Sault in an attempt to improve the
- 3 the river in three groups: Split Rock, Cedar and Coteau Rapids. The first series at the entrance to the river
- 4 from Split Rock, was navigable for boats but Coteau Rapids required the construction of a fourth canal,
- 5 about one boat in eight stemmed the rapids at Coteau so the total number of boats going upstream was
- 6 where another stage was required to by-pass the Coteau to Cascades rapids section. Another steamer
- 7 canal. This canal was built to by-pass the Coteau to Cascades rapids section and connected Lake
- 8 of the St. Lawrence Canals SystemsThe Cascades-Coteau section again proved difficult and, as in the
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This paper was presented at a meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and is reproduced with permission.
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