Comments on: Haunted Montreal Blog #51 – Lachine Canal https://hauntedmontreal.com/haunted-montreal-blog-51-lachine-canal.html Ghost Tours Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jim MacLellan https://hauntedmontreal.com/haunted-montreal-blog-51-lachine-canal.html#comment-28163 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:09:52 +0000 https://hauntedmontreal.com/?p=9368#comment-28163 Thank you very much for your excellent historic summaries !
They are all great, but the Lachine Canal was a “knockout”.
I have been preparing a summary of industry along the canal to indicate the flourishing manufacturing which took place, especially between the mid 19th Century through WW II. However, as you point out so well, it took place at an enormous human and environmental coast. This also applies to the imposed catastrophes of the destruction of the boreal forests and the rich eco-systems which once existed there, despite the harsh climate. As an example, in one particular year, 10 million pelts were exported from Quebec – an unimaginable holocaust for nature and the indigenous peoples.

With best wishes,

Jim

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