Grenville Canal

The Grenville Canal runs along the south of Grenville Québec. At the western part of it there is a built up section where there was once a lock. To the north of that at the southwest junction of Rue Principal and Rue Canal N stands a monumental marker in a fair size park.

COMMISSION des SITES
et des
MONUMENTS HIS-
TORIQUE au CANADA

CANAL DE GRENVILLE

TRACÉ ET CONSTRUIT PAR LES
INGÉNIEURS DE L'ARMÉE ANGLAISE.

COMMENCÉ EN 1819, FINI EN 1833,
AGRANDI DE 1871 À 1882.

L'UN DES CANAUX QUI, PAR LA VOIE
DU SAINT-LAURENT ET DES RIVIÈRES
OTTAWA, RIDEAU ET CATARAQUIE, RELIENT
MONTRÉAL À OTTAWA ET À KINGSTON.

GRENVILLE CANAL

DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE
ROYAL ENGINEERS.

COMMENCED IN 1819, COMPLETED IN
1833, ENLARGED FROM 1871 TO 1882.

ONE OF THE CANALS WHICH, BY WAY OF
THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE OTTAWA,
RIDEAU AND CATARAQUI RIVERS, CONNECT
MONTREAL WITH OTTAWA AND KINGSTON.

A.D. 1931.