The Welland Canals and their Communities
For over 170 years the Welland Canals have been a major industrial catalyst and an important agent of urban evolution, spawning a series of distinct communities along the length of the canals between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Four Welland canals have crossed Southern Ontario''s Niagara Peninsula since 1829, and each update fostered a renewed economic expansion. The most recent change came in 19...
For over 170 years the Welland Canals have been a major industrial catalyst and an important agent of urban evolution, spawning a series of distinct communities along the length of the canals between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Four Welland canals have crossed Southern Ontario''s Niagara Peninsula since 1829, and each update fostered a renewed economic expansion. The most recent change came in 19...
