中华运河
![](http://images.weserv.nl/?url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Lachine_canal.png/220px-Lachine_canal.png)
中华运河(法语:Canal de Lachine;英语:Lachine Canal)是一条穿过加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔岛西南部的运河,全长14.5公里,东起蒙特利尔旧港,西到圣路易斯湖。
这条运河以法语“中华”(la Chine)命名。欧洲探险家寻找从新法兰西向西前往中国的商路[1],因此将修建的运河以中国命名。运河修建于1821至1824年,1825年投入使用。1970年关闭,2002年重新修复。
![Lachine Locks between 1903-1920](http://images.weserv.nl/?url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lachine_Locks_%28BAnQ_2632708%29.jpg/220px-Lachine_Locks_%28BAnQ_2632708%29.jpg)
![](http://images.weserv.nl/?url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Tugboat_Daniel_McAllister_-_HDR.jpg/220px-Tugboat_Daniel_McAllister_-_HDR.jpg)
![](http://images.weserv.nl/?url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Lachine-canal.jpg/220px-Lachine-canal.jpg)
![](http://images.weserv.nl/?url=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Lachine_Canal_tango7174.jpg/220px-Lachine_Canal_tango7174.jpg)
参考
- ^ The Lachine Canal, Alain Gelly (1958), p. 9; retrieved December 31, 2008.
- ^ Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. [2018-01-22]. (原始内容存档于2018-01-23).
- ^ Lachine Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
外部链接
- Lachine Canal at Parks Canada
- Lachine Visitor Services Centre
- Waterpower, The Lachine Canal, and the Industrial Development of Montréal. IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 2003, 29 (1). JSTOR i40043500.