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The Rideau Canal's Purpose Was Military
And Hence Was Paid
For By
The British
And Not
The Local Treasury
It Was Intended
To Provide
A Secure Supply
And Communications Route Between Montreal And
The British Naval Base
In Kingston
The Objective Was
To Bypass
The St
Lawrence River Bordering New York;
A Route Which Would Have Left British Supply Ships Vulnerable
To An Attack
Westward From Montreal
Travel Would Proceed Along
The Ottawa River
To Bytown (now Ottawa)
Then Southwest Via
The Canal
To Kingston
And Out Into Lake Ontario
Because
The Rideau Canal Was Easier
To Navigate Than
The St
Lawrence River Due
To
The Series Of Rapids Between Montreal
And Kingston
It Became
A Busy Commercial Artery From Montreal
To
The Great Lakes
The Construction Of
The Canal Was Supervised
By Lieutenant-Colonel John
By Of
The Royal Engineers
The Work Started
In 1826
And Was Completed 6 Years Later
In 1832 At
A Cost Of �822,000
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Land was granted
to these allied Six Nations who had served
on
the British side during
the American Revolution by
the Haldimand Proclamation (1784)
Haldimand had purchased
a tract of land from
the Mississaugas
the nature of
the grant has been under dispute
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