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from Montreal to the city of Ottawa by the aid of locks at Ste. Anne,
Grenville and Carillon. The country which it drains was once very
thickly forested but the best has now been cut off. The St. Maurice,
whose waters are impounded and regulated by the great Gouin dam,
produces a large amount of water-power and as a result there are thriving
manufacturing centres at Shawinigan Falls and at Three Rivers. The

Montreal. Largest cold storage warehouse in British Empire

Saguenay, an important lumber-driving river, is very deep and is navigable
 for large ocean steamers for 60 miles from its mouth. Its high fiordlike
 banks of rock and its deep dark waters add to the grandeur of the
imposing scenery for which it is noted.
The Richelieu Waterway.—The Richelieu river waterway passes
through the Eastern Townships to lake Champlain in the state of New
York. This system, commencing at Sorel on the St. Lawrence, extends
by the Richelieu river, through the St. Ours lock, to Chambly basin,
thence by the Chambly canal to St. Johns and up the Richelieu river to
lake Champlain. From there, connection is made by the Hudson river
system with the city of New York. This waterway, which has a minimum
depth of 6% feet. is of local importance only.

RAILWAYS

New Areas Opened.—The Canadian National System of railways
traverses the southern portion of the Laurentian plateau and has given