中華運河
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中華運河(法語:Canal de Lachine;英語:Lachine Canal)是一條穿過加拿大魁北克省蒙特婁島西南部的運河,全長14.5公里,東起蒙特婁舊港,西到聖路易斯湖。
這條運河以法語「中華」(la Chine)命名。歐洲探險家尋找從新法蘭西向西前往中國的商路[1],因此將修建的運河以中國命名。運河修建於1821至1824年,1825年投入使用。1970年關閉,2002年重新修復。
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參考
- ^ 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]. (原始內容存檔於2018-01-23).
- ^ Lachine Canal. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
外部連結
- 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.