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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 navig- 
able for large ocean steamers for 60 miles from its mouth. Its high fiord- 
like 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