Saint-Ours - Travel & Tourism Guide Saint-Ours - Canada

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A 103 m long lock, she visits, allows to raise the water level of the river at a place where navigation is impeded. Created in the last century, it made the Richelieu River an important river route between Canada and the United States through which the goods flow: the boats sailed to the United States, loaded with wood and grain, and returned with shipments of coal, iron, copper, construction materials. A park has been built nearby.For more information on the Saint-Ours Canal, National Historic Site of Canada, visit the Parks Canada site.