Once seen as a way to get ships past the Lachine rapids, the canal became one of the backbones of the early Canadian economy, ...

Iconic elements, such as the neon-red Farine Five Roses sign and the old Canada Malting silos, continue to dot the landscape.

The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal, which opened in 1825, was built largely by Irish immigrants, who settled in the neighbourhood ...

MONTREAL — It used to be that on New Year’s Eve, people living along Montreal‘s Lachine Canal would throw open their doors to hear the nearby factories blow their horns when the clocks struck midnight ...

It used to be that on New Year's Eve, people living along Montreal's Lachine Canal would throw open their doors to hear the nearby factories blow their horns when the clocks struck midnight.

Water flows from a lock on the Lachine Canal next to the old Redpath Sugar Mill in Montreal, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Work on the canal began in 1821 and officially opened in 1825. THE CANADIAN ...

It used to be that on New Year’s Eve, people living along Montreal’s Lachine Canal would throw open their doors to hear the nearby factories blow their horns when the clocks struck midnight.

But the Lachine Canal, which marks its 200th anniversary this year, is ever-changing. Over two centuries, it has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a ...