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Saint Lawrence Seaway

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Saint Lawrence Seaway
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Specifications
Length370 miles (600 km)
Maximum boat length740 ft 0 in (225.6 m)
Maximum boat beam78 ft 0 in (23.8 m)
Locks15
Maximum height above sea level570 ft (170 m)
StatusOpen
History
Construction began1954
Date of first useApril 25
Date completed1959
Geography
Start pointPort Colborne, Ontario
End pointMontreal, Quebec
The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, New York.
Saint Lawrence seaway
Saint Lawrence Seaway separated navigation channel by Montreal.
The Saint Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permit oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as the western end of Lake Superior. The seaway is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which flows from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean. Legally, the seaway extends from Montreal, Quebec, to Lake Erie and includes the Welland Canal.
The Saint Lawrence River portion of the seaway is not a continuous canal; rather, it consists of several stretches of navigable channels within the river, a number of locks, and canals along the banks of the Saint Lawrence River to bypass several rapids and dams. A number of the locks are managed by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation in Canada, and others in the United States by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; the two bodies together advertise the seaway as part of "Highway H2O".[1] The section of the river from Montreal to the Atlantic is under Canadian jurisdiction, regulated by the offices of Transport Canada in the Port of Quebec.

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