The Welland Canals and the St. Lawrence Seaway System

The Welland Canals and the St. Lawrence Seaway System (HM1G1F)

Location: St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7K6 Niagara Regional Municipality
Country: Canada
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N 43° 9.329', W 79° 11.674'

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The Welland Ship Canal is the fourth in a series of successively larger canals that were built to join Lakes Ontario and Erie - the first being completed in 1829. The present Canal was opened in 1932. It forms part of the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes navigation route, 2160km (1342 miles) from the head of the lakes at Duluth, Minnesota to tidewater at Montreal, Quebec. The jointly operated Seaway was officially opened in 1959 by Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This plaque commemorates the 160th anniversary of the opening of the First Welland Canal and the 30th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. It was unveiled on the occasion of the September 1989 joint meeting of the Canadian and American Canal Societies and recognizes the spirit of co-operation which continues to bind these two great nations
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HM NumberHM1G1F
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Year Placed1989
Placed BySt. Catharines & District Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Culture and Communications
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Date Added Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 8:58am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 646787 N 4779663
Decimal Degrees43.15548333, -79.19456667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 9.329', W 79° 11.674'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 9' 19.74" N, 79° 11' 40.44" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 39-51 Welland Canals Trail, St. Catharines Ontario L2R 7K6, CA
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