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 I this condition— -vrilh reference always to the Plan (A.) accompanying 
 this Report^— on which is delineated most correctly'the sinuosities of 
 the shore, the several Islands which now stand as impediments to 
 th« Navigation, or would «erve some particular purpose in the proposed 
 improvement — the soundings throughout the Boat track upwards — and 
 Ihe velocity in miles in the current or rapids at each of the points 
 where improvement is required, from one extreme to. the other. 
 
 First then, it. will be ii«c«ssary to premise thjit the Navigation as to 
 the dimensions 6f the Boat used is governed in some degree by ihe di- 
 •mensions of the Ch«MBber Locks and Canals erected on this Coast at the 
 Cascadestt-Split Rock, and Coteau du Lac — there being edmi^ance 
 but for boats drawing at most 30 iiijcl^ water— and of r2'.feet beam— 
 of and tinder this dimension, are all the Durham Boats now used in the 
 Nftv^tioo of those Rapids, — and whicK with from 20 to 25 tons on 
 board<.^-drafr about 30 inches of water^when they are full loaded, aa 
 the^^re in descendii^ tbey^Hiw aboat 40 inches— but it has not been 
 •noticed that they lead wiOi more than about 25 tons in their Ascent, 
 and the Batteaux, when full loaded, with 12 to 14 tons, draw no more 
 •than 30 inches water. This therefore may be justly considered the 
 limit proper to be fixed to the improvements proposed, so that such 
 Boats aanow navigate thai^e R0l|>ids may be enabled without any, addi- 
 tional cost to ascend from Lake Saint Louis to that of" Saint Francis, 
 through the Ranids with the same quantity of lading as they are at 
 present in; the nabit of carrying across the Lake StAiNT Louis from 
 AloNTREAL to the Cascadm,— 4iid which, if done, -Would complete such 
 'Navigation from the Port oFi^oRmSAL (or farther down the River) to 
 Cornwall, in Upper-Canada, in one set of Boats, without the necessity 
 'Of at all deranging theirCargoes on the way. 
 
 .In tJie Locks at the Cascadbs, there are 30 inches water. 
 Along the shore from the Canal to the Locks at SpLrr Rock no im- 
 provement is required, as there is but very little .current, and water 
 ^enough at a moderate distance from shore. 
 
 ^ In the inferior entrance Lock at Shlit Rock, there are 27 to ."JO 
 inches water, bet -when the water'in the River fis very low, as it was in 
 the fa.ll of 1821 or 25, the superior entinnce Lo^ and the clearing ti-om 
 it becomes extremely low, even to 3 or 4 inches upon a bed of hard 
 gift-stone, which here runs across the River, and can ouly be Considered 
 as a continuation of the extensive bed which. obtaino on the opposite 
 b^nk throughout the Seigneurie of Keauharnois. Itwould be somewhat 
 -vKpensive to deepen this — but as long as it remains as it is, (we found 
 24 inches) the navigation mast be considered as liable to a-very material 
 interruption whenever the summer happens to be sufficiently warm and 
 dry, to cause a considerable (all in the water of this River. 
 
 ^ Immediately above the Split Rock, at Pointe a Delisle, the velocity 
 of the current js 8 mifes an hour— it is 4 feet deep at ^1 8 or 20 yards (an 
 inconvenient towing distance) from the-sliore, and nearer full of*^ boulders 
 and bl^eks of girt-stone. To improve it would require an excavation, 
 partly in the Beach, of 18 feet wide— averaging 2 feet deep and 300 feet 
 long, with a towpath, which nay be easily and cheaply constructed at 
 this place, ihe banks of the River beiqg not y^t^ steep and opposing no 
 obstacle to this disposition. ^ 
 
 In ascending from this^oint towards Pointe a Chien the blocln| of 
 stone would jiequire to be removed — and an excavation made partly on 
 the beach and4partJy in the river, averaging 1^ foot deep by 1 8 feet wide, 
 for a distance of about 660.yards, and along the whole of which extent 
 as there is a pretty strong. current^ a tpwing path in continuation of that 
 at Pointe i Delisle might be constructed, and particularly as the beach . 
 is pretty broad, no slides in the Bank, and on account of the direction 
 jiven to the ice by the direction of the current at Pointe a Coulonge, not 
 
 l able to'be injured by theshov ingof that destructi veele ment in the spruig, 
 
 . Fit>m this place to Points a Chirn, a distance of about €00 yards, 
 .there is water enough close ui and not much current, the bank of the 
 ^iver c(Miiposed of clay, being high and steep, rising immediately from 
 
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 "f T.-lr"^'^h ""f <'«*"'*'''»'g several recent slides— seems to oppote the 
 plausibility of erefcting a towpath along this extent— it therefore rea'uireg 
 no inJiprovementJ / 
 
 aVPointb a ^hiek, the current runs* at Biniles an hour, is 4 fe6t deepi 
 andiAprovewerit is required here merely on account of the crookedl 
 nese^of the point, and consequently disadvantageous direction in which 
 the horses wbidh are here employed t« low up boats have to draw:— 
 90 yards cutting through the point, 9 fe^t wide and 10 feet deep will 
 obvia'e this o^truction, and offer a good towpatfi for the extent, at anv 
 required height above the fturtaceofthe water. ^ • 
 
 From PoiNTE A Chiew to Pointe a Coulokge. 570 yards, there is , 
 little or no current, and part of the distance is eddy—it isTerr shallow 
 for a gpwl w|y out, an<r loaded boats cannot approach the shore to' 
 withm al^ut 50 yards for two-thiids of the distance, itisthenlbro not i 
 Jiccessary^heret* make any towpath. 
 
 PoiHTE A CoutoBOB, at 60 feet from shore, in H fathoms water, the 
 current runs 9 miles per hour— the bank is low at thip place. a«d admits 
 of a goed improvement being constmcted in the beach with aconve- 
 nient towrpath on the surface for the distance of 100 yards, by 18 feet in 
 breadth, and averaging 4 feet deep— this being the whole extent of the 
 current at this point; but the approach to it from beloW is from thedffiHr, 
 the water being shallow to a, considerable distance from the shorcali 
 theway down ttrPeinte aChi^n 
 
 PowTE A Chehexte. FrOm Pohite a Coulowe to this plaee, there is 
 ■but very little current or any thi/ig to obstruct the Navigation bj poles, 
 oars, ^. sails part of the way ^ from Coulonge to the a»otadi houS 
 |herei»a8oft clay bottom and the water rather shallow near the shore 
 -but from the J»otabh ho«se to Pointe A Chenette, there is a bolder shore. 
 and 5^ fathoms water m part of the distance at 50.yards.from the shore • 
 Along the inos.t of this distance the public road i6 direct^ on the erekt 
 of the bank, which will effectii^lly prevent its beiog sl9ped 6ff to an 
 atigle below that of the minimuiA of pressureft© ensure ita solidity and 
 ihe permanency of any work erected iu H. iis it is at present parts of 
 11 are constantly sliding off down id U»c river below ; andwe have wit- " 
 jiessed mark* of ite propensity tb slide sufficient to be convinced, of the 
 ttitility of ere? luig any thing hkeW toWpath in il. Pointe d Chenette is 
 very narrow, consequently the directioh round it is very crooked, and 
 Jrom winch two circumstanceB, arises, the difficulty of passing it. In two 
 fathoms water at^O feet.from shoi^ the current runs at 8 miles an hour, 
 and the only nnproyementnecessikpy to overcome the difficulty at this 
 point IS to straighten, by cutting thWh ii a^ distance of 30 yai^s 18 
 Jeet wide by 8 feet averaee depth, With a toWipg-path in the cut, to 
 enablfj horses or some other ,power\ to beippM to the boats more 
 advantageously. \ 
 
 From PoiNTE ^ Chenette. to statioh miJ the bay below the Pointe 
 *u M0III.IN, the water isjrery shallow Hear tlie shore, and particularly 
 at the points atstmtioAs 10 a 17 and I8,\and kcross the1?ay between 18 
 and I9i and naviration is only carried 6n id this distaiui^ which is U 
 -mile, byJteeping far out from the «hore, b« taking the line^f direction 
 Jrom between staUons 15 and H a, slf»ighi to Wards the mill p^int at the 
 .toot of the rapids, and as there is but little 6r lo current in this distance 
 . jnd direction. It is fluile^iracUcable by meahi of oars, poles, or liails, in 
 from 3 to 6 feet- water. \ -^ r » ■«^m 
 
 Therefore.atow path for this distance rkquiring a channel to 
 
 ewayat^^mttie beach the whole way, lead|i% to great expense an 
 
 effecting no other purpose than that which is n^effected byMrs, botes. 
 
 ^r sails, cannot be considered as necessary, of cdmiBgwithlo^ limit* 
 
 to which our x>bservation» are now parUcularlycdnfiued. ^ 
 
 iPoiNTE i w Aio p uw..~rt hi8>' Point taken al totfethteV is formed 
 
 -^tfiitmetp6imrwf:iBndcwithift6SCei«raordinary iiida or baVs beU 
 
 *woen them. Tliev ^.resent broken ra;>i(js at each of them. Their whole 
 
 difference of kvet Irom above the uppermost to belowXthe loweimost of 
 
 Ifhvm W.7 15-100. fpet. ^Jhe velocity of the cuereut kt station 22 or 
 
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 «ppf rnfH>st foint for n distanci* of nbotit 50 yartld is 7 milcrper liour in 
 
 3 ^'*t water, at ■20 feet frpm 8h<>re. At ihe middle point opposite sta- 
 
 - tidn 21 for abdut alike distance the velocity of the curreat is IT miles 
 
 per hour in 3 ieet water, at 20 feet from shore. But at the lower point 
 
 oppbAite station 20, and to the«pDer part of the same point, the velocity 
 
 at 20 f*et from shore in 4 i6 6 feel water varies from 1 1 miles at the 
 
 npper part to 14 mile? per hour at the lower part of the point, which 
 
 dmtatice is about 200 yards. The bank is very high at all three of these 
 
 points; it rises almost perpendicularly up-from the water 6dge 5 tod 
 
 fciBl deep of stony primitive earth with 10 feet clay above it, and froM 
 
 til* steepness of the banks, the crookedness of the shorci and the rio^ 
 
 , 4*il(ce ■of the currents, the whole three points taken 'together form one 
 
 of th«^rirketpftl/b(Mtructions to the navigation of this paii of the river io 
 
 «itb^ ^attoBtu^br'fkfrfaM boats, and one to overcome wfaicb the grefit- 
 
 cst pdiiHd^ in liMtt 01* horsot is required, and tfce greatest eipenseis 
 
 inciJh*ft TO mkkb'Atich an iniptff^eflient as to obviate the difficulties 
 
 4ihd d«|tt^l^^^I«8«lIt^tlie!fart^rV6s at this point, and one that will be 
 
 at 'dh*tJ mi/ittiiil^Ai safe and cdnrfenient,' an inland cut has been projcct-/^- 
 
 «y^{fifflg ^'rtiir-wntef in the Kay above station 22, following a valley 
 
 wbh^ieeink to have bfcfen an nticietit branch channel for the water of 
 
 ililsrTivei',tb a little bay neat- station 19, in which there is 3 feet water « 
 
 «n!Kbotfelii of elay.atid siQtfll stone close up to the shore, in which boaU 
 
 . frblrtbt! bflitjff can cohveiliently come in their ascent, and the depth of 
 
 water in^hidh^wiUb^ considerably increased by the introduction of a 
 
 str6t)^'c«i'rettt'byineanisof aslm'cc cqt through this valley from the 
 
 8ilp*!ri6f level in the bay abQve station 22. In order to give to this cut 
 
 sdfficidnt breadth. fi>r Durham boats Jwben ascending through it to use 
 
 theil- letting ptoles on both sides Tvithout injuring the bank, it is proposed 
 
 'to ekcavate It 18 feet wide at bottom, in conlormity to the cuts before 
 
 meiitiohed, deep enough for boats carrying 25 tons as above mentioned, 
 
 by giving 30 indies depth of water, and to coustcuct a tow path in the ' 
 
 bank on the land side of tlie^ut of«0 feet wid/; arid this, 4 feet above 
 
 the surface of the summer water so that its suWkce sliall not >e corroded 
 
 by the spring freshets passing over it, and t4 give the banks the slope 
 
 shewn upon (he transverral section No, }.dn the plan. This condition 
 
 being necessary to provide against the ubtural propensity of eadb to 
 
 press inwards in such cases. / ' ^ 
 
 The mean velocity of the current coiintl the Poiiite du Moulin, com* 
 prebendingr the three points, is II. yThe velocity the same diflerence 
 of inelinatibn would give on a pls^ extending 2-5 more in distance 
 which is the ratio between the sinh of the distances in which therapids 
 oficiir at this place; and the length of the proposed cut on an-iticlined 
 planii is 6V&.I0. The current4beref6rte in the sluice would run at the 
 ■rate of 66-10 miles per hQurJnstead of full 14 which it now runs for a 
 considerable part of the distelice round the lower .point near station 20, 
 makrrrg ttvast diflbrerice in4be power necessary to overcome the exists 
 ing'imp^iiiient, besides the degree of safety which attaches tt«elf to this 
 ,iBoifef.'«f improveWnt. / 
 
 Bdata are frequ4'tttl/detained whille days, and it m known, that they 
 hate remained Aeverardays ki (he foot of the Rapid, at this point, before 
 tb^rceoltt find la^M to surmount the difficulties that^here present them- 
 ^oMtL ThlU«^e considerable improvement and amelioration is ne> 
 'Ceisar^ hrl^MiMlDatidh, therefore, is quitevobvious, and no plan appears « 
 to afford 8a|(ood a prospect of succeM in fulfilling the conditions requir- 
 .«d, as t^«ne p^poked above ; see Profile and section No. 1. 
 
 FijIpa.'Pont're do Mot/Liir or rather the Bay above station, 22 up to 
 the Poiiit4» atstatiM 23, about 2fi07ard«, there is no current, the water 
 is dMirerioagh for oar purj^ose at a ntoderate distance firom the shore 
 Xkt bdUom b ct«f, tb'ere is no bet|<^ the Imnk is steepJ and Ihe publi^ 
 1^ is at the my edge of it; thwjslg ther efore no nece ssity fe c^ tow 
 ;pMljl«' tM>r ^iAinu tmr^ be cOtntmcteo'in'tius dntancei witlioatiujaringQr^^^^ 
 ' enlirdy destroying HtM present faigfa.way. 
 
 TikOnh'*4i'PoiMT<— At this place antt for 800 yards farther up, the 
 iirateris Tery shallow both near in andiar out from shore, and from 
 
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 ar station 20, 
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 point, before 
 present them- 
 oration is ne. 
 plan appears 
 litions requir- 
 1.1. 
 
 ion, 22 up to 
 nt, the water 
 'om the shore 
 nd the publib 
 ixiy fepa tow 
 
 rMpa 
 injaiii 
 
 mtitgunngtfr' 
 
 Iher up, the 
 re, anaicom 
 
 .IIS ciirnmstance and (ho rap.d.Jy o[ the cnrrenf, ronsideraLle obstruc- 
 K«. to (he navigation preso.it. it.elf, opposite station 23, in 3 (let w^r 
 • he current runs at I() miles an hour, and farther up, opposite a mall 
 Island, 8 m. es in 3 feet water, thence k,«ard8'the Ta^kkrv inle 
 Bav below (he Po,NTE-AuX-CEDnE8, it decreases in velocity unUI «e 
 rh„Tp "" t"' •'■' ""' '^' J^.^ver extremity of the cut proposed throURh 
 .Ji'"*- ^° TP''*''*^ the Navigation along these 800 yards two 
 methods suggest theiireelves-one of which, anil (hat to which the mos" 
 confidence seems (o attach itself is, (o excava(e in (he beach. whiSi is 
 vei7 9(ony however, for the required breadth of 18 fee(, to about 2 fee? 
 deep, he whole way, (hen b^r means of a weir (o b^ cons(ructed of 
 loose stone .n (he way that Efel .i^irs are made (and which materials 
 may be found on the bottod.) all alpn^ from the small Island"pSe 
 the Tannery neanng the^shbiH! in defending to station 2.3, andCw! 
 .ng mto the sloide any quanUty of water whi?h might be fiund n^Z 
 saryfor (he purpose, (o construct a tow-path alongtliesideof the bank 
 which does not in any; part of this distance rise very abruptly from the 
 ? ".K^^^li' ^^'^ '^""l^^^ ^"'^ composed of a stony G rave^ in(eXe™- 
 edwKhlargb pieces of grit 8(6ne orering a favourable founSSfor 
 the construction of a go'od and p^rtaanent work. """"anon lor 
 
 The other method is a very simple one, and were it not that it 
 would increase considerably Oie velocity ofthe curren( in the narrower 
 par at the lower end of (he sluice, it would be preferable on ac°o*S 
 of Its cheapness. The same kind ot weir might be erected as TnThe 
 other case and of^the same extent, only highir in order to raise he 
 water high enough without atfv excavation, other than cledrinTawav 
 he loose blocks of stopfe whicli are to be found strewed alone fhe hot 
 torn near (he beach. \ T° 
 
 In puljing in practice tUher of these last mentioned improvements 
 however, it wpnld^^e necessary to provide for the removal of aToffi 
 obstruc tien, viz : a Carding, iVlachine which is here built upon the beach 
 and partly over (he water, projecting its works out coisiderablVinto 
 the ftapKls. and forming^ xonsiderafile impediment (o the haviI«on 
 of this part in any kind of Boat, and water, brought down by\he Ss 
 above proposed, would in either &se drown tlfe water wWoTtS! 
 Machine and render it perfectly useless, but as such improvemen is 
 f bsohUek ne^ry to> made, in the Navigation at this pl^e and a» 
 this Mill 18 aiA.truct.on to it and an encroafchment upoE the riX 
 ofthe public lils case, it may be a question how fer^ny exSe 
 ^LrhSXTieoSr '' «'5>rd indemnification to theppK 
 
 PomTEAuxGEi.aE8.~-At the head ofthe Commissariat Wharf, where 
 
 he current is not verv strong, and where all the Boats stop to rJSld 
 
 that portion (4^) of t^eirlcargo which may have been cartS oveHaSd 
 
 from (he Cascades, therejis 6 feet water, 4 Jd so there is ihpJ^Zj 
 
 downwards to opposite tfce lower end of therVillage , but U ^h^S. 
 
 ZZilh^ ^^^'''.^^ beco^^ r'" and morels,; in descenSljS 
 round he Point, unUl in pounding through thfe narrow passaee between 
 a siMJlWet, near the shore arS throlTgh «(,ich BoatsTn^eraHy^M! 
 
 Bapid rjomng attheratp of from 5 to 12 mifes p^ hour, in a siUiation 
 too touch exposed to the common destruction Hn iceVn tLSne 
 when theWater jshigUo justify tfie disbursement of an/coiiside«bB 
 sum for the erecbon of ft tow-pat^ or for excavation along AebScK 
 
 v^meSfS^J?" T" "^"^'^^ '"" ^ 9r-akjng«^e^ i^^- 
 
 i .7^l.1'^]^'*'"^ °^ ^«^' f">^ **>« Commissariat Wharf at the Villa** 
 *° fe»'"»« Cove at thejTannery. b?lcw this Point, is 12 Ift-lOO ££ 
 
 ^ ST*?<™^*^5^*^wi»WF^^ current on a^in- 
 
 cnn«d plane extend ngpW,m one extreme to the other onhisdistJnS 
 
 tP^Ztr.l't?''' ,*-'-^ -^ ^"» '2. -b-h the lower^art ?f thS 
 
 now i;un8 at. 
 
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 In order to provide ihcpefore for the more cjisli aare and expeditioui 
 transit of Boats in their ascent past this point, it! is proposed to cut a 
 Sluice through it from the CommisM^riat Wharf, bkt the Village to the 
 little Core at the Tannerj, following 4he route itidicated hy the red 
 line touching these two extremes on the Plan— aAd to introduce into it 
 the <jnantitj of water in depth and breadth, as shiU in the transversal 
 Section No. I, and longjUidinal Profiles No. 1 and 4 to^lopethe banks 
 and construct a tow-path upon the same side and rtf the same breadth 
 as proposed for the Pointc do Moulih, as inentii^ed in that Section ; 
 the tow.path in this case would form a continuation of that from Station 
 23 to the Tannery, and greatlj facilitate the ascen^^ng of BoaU to this 
 
 Elace---and whereas there is now diuoh danger attending their ascent, 
 y their Bwingine off, breaking their tow-lines, and Sometimes dragging 
 the Horses and Drivers with them down the Rapids4^his improvemetit 
 will provide for a perfectly safe Navigation, with 4 current not more 
 ,(\>^ /' tnan^wo-thirds as strong as that which now opposes their ascent, as w^ll 
 
 ^ " ' "8 'Of ^e most advantageous direction of apply ing«he . power which it 
 
 may be found necessary at any tim^ to employ in towtutt up any descrip- 
 tion of Boats— See Section & Profile No. 2. j^' X •' r 
 The above, and a trifling improvement, by removiiig some btones aiid 
 10 or 12 yards of excavation by 3 yards wide and 2 fept average depth, 
 at a small projection on the Beach oppositf the Church at the Village 
 ' would complete the necessary improvement in the Navigation from the 
 Cascades to this place indusivelv, for boats of as Oeeut burthen arid 
 drawing as much water as is to be fdtmd in the locUs either above or 
 below this place. But notwithstanding Boats with tlieir lading above 
 mentioned do navigate the whple distance betweeb this place and 
 ' the Lake St. Ebancis— yet it is ■& very intricate Navjigation, difficult, 
 *nd in several parts dangerous, and sustieptible of beini much facilitated 
 5 and rendered much more safe by the application of the jiame description 
 o( improvement at the different points' throughout thej distance where 
 impediments exist or obstructions occur, as we feaVe Aroposed for the 
 amelioration of that betweeh the LakE^t. Louis and thw place. 
 
 From the Villmi of the Cedars exclusively tp PorkT£ a-Mascpux, 
 a distance of 65 chains, there is little or no current— a sjaiooth clay bot- 
 tom, and water enough near the shore-^but the bitnk b^ing almost per- 
 pendicular, subject to slide off" frequently, and -for the mo^t pait carrying 
 the public road close to the edge of it— & tow-pa«h cannoTbe constructed 
 along it of any durabilitv without either incurring its liability to b^ fre- 
 quently embarrassed whh the sliding doWn of the bank, or^the destruction 
 of the public road, conseoiiently invdvihg the ruin ^f soihe of the build- 
 ings erected along one side or the other of it. But si towTpath is not ne- 
 cessary here, for there is hardly any perceptible cuiWnt downwards in 
 any part of the distance — in some parts it is eddy and countercurrent to 
 * the middle stream, and the least exertion of the the crew ofanyhoat will 
 take her along the whole of this rbute inperfect sAfety^ I 
 
 PowTE A Marc«ux. — At this point, at 30 feet from shord in one fathom 
 (6) water the velocity of the current is 6 miles per hour; the bottom near 
 the beach is full of manageable blocks 6f stone, and wbicA, if they were 
 cleared out atid an excavation made in the beach ofiBO yards long,3 yards 
 wide, ahd i yard average deep, woufd afford a much easier passage for 
 the ascent orBoats thanit does at present'— Horses are used to tow up 
 boats here 2 to -4 for each boat ; but if* this improvement were made, a 
 ] much less power wonfd prove sufficient, for theo«„instead6f the power 
 
 being applied m the oblique direction it now is, and by which means a 
 great deal of it is 1o«t, it would be almost in a line of the ^re, and by 
 the means of a short tow-path the horses could exert theif strength to 
 much greater advantage. | 
 
 From PoiifTB a Marcoux to PoiiiTa a Biror there is an eddy, a deep 
 bay and shallow fikr in, and boats do not follow the shore ii^ it but are set 
 
 . — —along^n^tbe offing with iheir Hittkf^(A!e§orbfmttBmo(wm ^faw^ 
 
 path from one of these points to the other, therefore, would be perfectly 
 «asclrss. ' " 
 
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 and cxpeditioua 
 )poaed (o cut a 
 e Vitlage to the 
 ited by the red 
 introduce into it 
 I'the transversal 
 slope (he banks 
 e same breadth 
 in that Section ; 
 hat from Station 
 of Boats to this 
 nj^ their ascent, 
 etimes dragging 
 is improrement 
 jrrent not more 
 r ascent, as vrpli 
 power which it 
 up any descrip- 
 
 roiiie btones and 
 average depth, 
 I) at the Village 
 igation from the 
 «t burthen and 
 either above or 
 Mr lading above 
 this place and 
 ration, difficult, 
 much facilitated 
 ame description 
 distance where 
 reposed for the 
 6 place. 
 
 itjCa-Mascpux, 
 nooth clay bot- 
 
 S' ng almost per- 
 t pai t carrying 
 be constructed 
 bility to b^ fne- 
 jtbe destruction 
 le of the build- 
 ripath is not ne- 
 t d&wnwards in 
 untercurrent to 
 o|fany>boat will 
 
 r0 in one fathom 
 the bottom near 
 ea, if they were 
 long, 3 yards 
 n^ passage for 
 usen to tow up 
 it were made, a 
 id of the power 
 wbich means a 
 le spore, and by 
 tiCtt strength to 
 
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 PoiNiE * BiaoN.— At about 50 feet from shore the wajer is 6 feet 
 deep, the velocity is 9 miles |>er hour in a distance of I OO yards; This 
 being a considerable obstruction, homes are used in towing boats, and it 
 is by this meant. onir that boats with their lading (at least D* B.) are en- 
 • abledtosurmodntthe'difficulty. Sotoeameliorationth«n appears to be 
 necessary, which might tend to reduce the number of horses emtill^ed, 
 and to expedite .such boats on their vora^e^-upwards. The bft>1tom ik 
 like that at Poiktba Marcoux, stonywilh large but manageable Mocks 
 lining theshore. The soilif&lso like it— gravely clay„and may be calkd 
 stony. 100 yards of excava|ion partly under water and pArtly in 'the 
 beach, 4 yards wide br iVard average deptli, would be all the mpro- 
 vement necessary at this |We, except a toW'-path for the whole length. 
 These would most undoubtedly facilitat<g the progress of boate upLanlsi ' 
 by the clewing out of obstructions, straightening and otherwise U jprov- 
 ing the navigation. ' T - 
 
 From TPoiiiTi a iBiaorr to Poiwtb a la Glais^; a distance by w iter of 
 about half a mile, there is but a gentle current and no djfflcuity I \ over- 
 come which may require iitoprovemenL A part of the way th s bo«t 
 track is in still water far from shore ; the public road is on the c ige of 
 the tfank in the rest of the'd'stance, and being very^teep and higl , com- 
 posed of clay frequently sliding dowJf, aflbrds no Opportunityof cons- 
 tructing a durable tow path in u or upon it, for it is too high a|d the 
 frequei* indentures in it makep it unfit for that purpose, especially Ivhere 
 it is Dot absolutely required to enable us to surmount dome comifensa- 
 /ate difficulty. | 
 
 rPoisTi A LA <: LA ISC— -There is a certain part of (his point wbeletbe 
 OTWeut passes at Ihe rate of Smllcts per hour; but- as there is & to 4 
 feet water close into the bank, and the distance past which theswIAest 
 of the»current .pauses, not more-thah 10 or 12 yards, it is not tbdught 
 necessary to make any improvement Ja this place, for boaU can alfays " 
 get past by the-meaus they always carry, and alwaystnust neces^rilr 
 c&rry with them. ^ 1 
 
 From PoiMTB *^tA Glaise to Winte a Watieb, 130 chains; theL is 
 scarcely any current downwards, and in some parts counter-currebts. 
 J he wafter near the shore is shallow^ but at a moderate distance fro* it 
 there is water enough. No improvement is necessary, throughout tLis 
 exTeiit as there is no particular obstruction to be overcome, and the 
 reas<fti8 for not constructing a tow-path, are the same as those sUfk 
 between Pointe a Biron and Poiqte & la Glaise. I 
 
 PoiKTE A Watieb.— Ai this place at 56 feet from ihe shore in 6 fi4t* 
 
 water, the current has a velociU of 9 miles per hourf fiatteaui now 
 
 ascend this point with their full loijds by means of fheir setting polei 
 
 only; yet the obstruction is considerable, and especially for- Durham 
 
 boats. It impedes their progires,. if nothing else. They however, 
 
 employ horees on such occasions, ai^d since this is the case, some iitipro. 
 
 vement will be found to answer al|rood purpose. 70 or 80 yards of 
 
 excavation 3 yards wide by 4 feet Average depth. Will be the utmost 
 
 imit to which It need to be carried at this place to straighten the point, 
 
 that the boats may come to the current in a direction parallel to itT and 
 
 a tow-path 80 yards long; so that Whatever power it would be thought 
 
 proper to employ in overcoming tbis difficulty, might be emplQye?ia 
 
 the most advantageous direction. { „ 
 
 From Points A Watier to SnirLov's Poibt, a dlstanicebf about two 
 
 miles, the water is rather shallow n^ar the Aore, but Boats in ascendinc 
 
 may keep out fa^ enough to find the required depth without hftvini 
 
 to opjjKwe more than ahout 1 mile ber hour of current, the bottom iaot 
 
 clay and quit^ amooth all the way] and the whole of the navlgatioD of 
 
 tins part may be conveniently .perfbMied by means t>f Oara, Sub^ or 
 
 setting Pdes, which metbod»haT^'alwaTs been counted a< poesessiiNr 
 
 J^^^^Plt^Sr^aU t g e over alUhe^netboda art can dense toimpn»^ 
 
 theNavigatioii oTteiije, Rivers, throiigbont the worldp It may be urcad 
 
 however, that 10 consequence of there being no interrmfion to' the 
 
 Navigation along this distance, ^oats would be expedited in case of 
 
 -high wind, or calm weather, if sOflie power on ^» land c^ld be ap- 
 
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 phc(I lo ihem, which would prapvl ll\cm forward with creator spoed 
 than they coiild-possibly attain hy nnjAcommon means ^n such rases 
 Mut this conditioncan only, be fulfilled Uy consrtrucling a low path alonj 
 the margin of the River, >nd wtTich not being abBolutely necessarf in 
 oMiSr to procure that SDei^ics of faciii^ to the Navigation to'whiclr 
 Crtir !in8trdctrpns TOem to'huve directi'd |ur attention,' [(or if instead of 
 Kfipids and a thousand of other obstnidtiofrti which we meet with at 
 short Jntervula thqugbout the extenl uhder examination, we had such 
 Navigation m oUcurd m these two miM, it would not have been found 
 n^cesaary to expend the public mbnd to ameliorate, it,] none'is Dro- 
 vided form oar efttimftte.; f . . - / "^ . 
 
 to^conatrwct a "continuous tow-paijli. along this distance would be 
 attended with considerable expense, ahd by it wp should atta(ij no other 
 object thanthat of ereatet speed, butlif boats had to pay Wsuch con'-" 
 Btruclbn, th»y would find thiat the diference of expenpe would more 
 than b»lantfe the difference of speed, kndit^^would s'tiUbe preferable to 
 
 navigate by the more ordinary means <fOar9, 'setting Poles, or with Sails 
 when the wind penpittod^ The bpiifc is from li to 18 feet high almost 
 throughout the whole of this extent, it is of marley clay,, rises almost. /I 
 perpemlicularj^op frojnllhe water, loavinir very little beadli.'artd ibear« 
 the psbherpird quite near its etlge. It is liable to slille down for two 
 or three^ents at a time gjdng the coast, at all times of the navi- 
 gablewrason, and imraediatclv after a rain storm which succeeds a 
 K.ucce^ion of dry weather, in the ^ijring also when tlie clay is thawinsr 
 yet retains sufficient moisture o enable it to slide. The slide* 
 -great indentures all along the bank, and frorrf the force with 
 which these great bodies o< clay il^scend, they often continue their 
 course (0 «0 or SO yards out into tlie river, there forming new points 
 of land nsit were, ^nd furnishing "the matter of deposit, which im 
 discoverable near the shore all along the coast, sonjetimes several of 
 these Khdes take place in one day or in one night, at different times 
 through (he bummer, and to such ftn extent aa to carry away part of the 
 public road, as was the case in October last, along the distance here 
 alluded to, and had a tow-path or any other work of art been (constructed 
 jn the bank or oh the beach, at that time it must have beetrrendered 
 useless for a length of time, perhaps destroyed altogether; and if a tow- 
 path, with men and horses upon it at the time, they would have been in 
 daiKer of being buried up in the debris or swept oflTinto the riven 
 
 Durham-Boats are now towed, ndt only up the several Points where 
 obstructions occur in the slijp^ of Rapids, from the Cedars to this place, 
 hut also along some of the intermediate spaces, by using the public road 
 for a tow-path, and a very long tdw-l^ne, they practice it along- the space 
 under conaideralion, and with their tow-lines raze ail the vegetable from 
 the^dge of the Bank, which, if it were left to grow would be some 
 support to it, and in some measure prevent its more frequent caving 
 down. This might be remedied by laying a rail (continuous) along the 
 edge of the bSnk for the tow-lines to bear upon, but from the very 
 circumstance of the frequent sliding down of the Banjc, it would become 
 somewhat expensive to keen it in repair, ive shall not therefore propose 
 ^ny improrement in the Navigation of the Section we have just had 
 under consideration. . ,. ' • 
 
 From Simpson's Pwnt inclusive to Poikte Atj Diable. the water is 
 sufficiently deep foi-the purposes of navigation close in to the shore, and 
 It being dn eddy formed by the cm rent above it, nefther tow-path or 
 anj other improvement is required. - , 
 
 PoiNTE AD DiABtE.— At this plafte, at^60 to70 fec0om the shor^ in' 
 2i fathotns^^flS feet] water, the vetocity of the currlnt is n mifes per 
 hour, the bottom is covered with manageable blocks of stone. It has 
 some breadth of beach, and considerable at the lower extremity of the 
 point. Hdrsis^re Mreirtedtodraw upall descrip tion of boatSiand 
 -witlr those naw iir nw ^hen hiden," tB¥ difficulty here can scarcely be 
 
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 .. — ^^ ....... ....<«.(, ,uw iiiui\,uiy uoic wail Bvwwiy ue 
 
 aurmounted any other waj, except by means of a sail when the wind 
 hloy/s hard from the east 6r,. south-east. The impediment to the Navi- 
 gation *t this point arises from the extraordinary velocity of the current 
 
 tj 
 
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 th greater ppeed 
 s -in such rase^ 
 a U)W path along 
 lely necessary'" ill 
 i^atioti to'Y'mclr 
 [(or if iiiEljond of 
 e meet with at 
 n, wcK had such 
 liave been found 
 it,] none is prd^ 
 
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 lance wogid be 
 J atta(ii no other^ 
 ly Ibr such con'-" 
 ipe would more 
 be preferable to 
 [es, or witH Sails 
 eet high almost 
 ay, rises ajmost^ 
 cacli, ai)d bearx 
 ! down for two 
 les of the navi- 
 ich succeeds a 
 clay is thawing 
 le. The slides 
 the force with 
 continue their- 
 ing new points 
 aosit, which is 
 imes several of 
 diflerent times 
 /vaypart of the 
 » distance here 
 ;en qonstrncted 
 beetrrendered 
 r; and if a tow. 
 d have bpen in 
 the river, 
 il Points where /f 
 rs to Ihis place, 
 Ihe public road 
 dong* the space 
 vegetable from 
 rould be some 
 requent caving 
 ions) along the 
 from the \ery 
 would become 
 irefore propose 
 have just had 
 
 t 
 
 E, the water is 
 
 the shore, and 
 
 er fow-paUi or 
 
 fn the shore, in 
 IS 14 mtfen per 
 stone. It nils 
 tremity of the 
 of boatB, and 
 
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 ■aiT scarcely fie 
 
 vhen the wind 
 
 nt to the Navi- 
 
 of (be current 
 
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 . If *?J' u°* '°"«V f"** *''® Partfcular curve 4)f the shore • and in oH«. 
 
 to the ice from «hnJl -„ 1 X**xk ' ^®* ** *^® P"'"' '« "^ ™"ch exposed 
 loine ice rroiH aDovet and the ihqre so verr crookeH> it ha. k«-« «k ul 
 
 most proper to'construct <,ur im^vent^XSd . ^'"^ '^°"^^' 
 
 1,0 improve tAe Navigation at this place in such a wav m in K» „« 
 once convenient, di|«fcle. permanent, cheap aLX^itS "heref^e^ ^ 
 l7J7&ur'f '1"'"' through this piit from'K S7d ep wS 
 ?K- K »T • ^1' * cN? bottom, to the^still dnd deepi water below wherp ' 
 iton t°hrpVn*^Kr?H' direction an^posHion'l^adlfaledb^^^^^^^^ • 
 
 ^ ^^l.S At"'* l^^" *''* P°'°* <^<"-*-«Ponds withthe direct on of |"e 
 
 cCn^nlentli S-iS^^.h^'*^ ^P'*"" «" ' ''^'"••« '" th"bahk at a'. 
 wTinSl 3 P^t^nce apo#e the upper extremity of it so as to be on a line 
 w th the simce at th^ War extreipity of whicli should be a snatch block 
 Zh^r'Z JV\f K-^-^h^^er. the two end, cf which being JpliedTo 
 Oder hjlh* '• """«!{* «^on?«ually revolve, and lopg enou|h that tl°e 
 oUier bight might read^, to the capsfaoand make one turn *oSnd it that 
 
 From PoiNTE Au D^ablb to Mr. Beaobet's Point at station 101 
 
 the coast, and if construfcted would be found uselew We?h!ti£rl\jf 
 
 Kn^Rr ""^^''l? '" *« NavigationTnT; Jh aT"* '' 
 ' -^'?.* **'• BEaodet'i Point to the Military Locks at the r«T-«, 
 som^ difficult pre^nts iteelf-|he currenTruSg out of W a D^^ 
 LISLE Inconsiderable proportion to the wbole-turnrclose round t£ 
 point into^ deep bay, k^wn tothe batteiiux men by the Sirof ft^ 
 CasvAt, from which it rubhc&out with considerable force ove? a bedVf 
 
 «tnfT;''''^^'°*T^°'^ inadirecdonperJe„ru.' tothe 
 axis ot.the main River. On its arrivnl «t 4 ha l.'no JTr /- '"?'•"*•' ■" «ie 
 
 the two potate, it fall, ovrii .^^^^■^11^"^.''?'?*? 
 
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 in tbU-rte fiuteB a<sope to H.ef «i)ffiotent>)eagth with a buoy (a.) at the 
 end ofifcfor tbe fecfUtyAT taking itup torreacb down to opposite Beau- 
 D£T a PoiNT-Hiod ift.wWeb dire<;tio»rthB main stream of the river will 
 carry it—ep that boat*, in Mcendioj^mayn^qi^tting their oare or settinir 
 polet-rtake up.theiBuoy (a^ijwdby.owihauling the rope, be warped 
 uptQtherook(A.)witbou«diffiBUlt/\by,rae«ns of the boat's crew and 
 without auy other aid^^nd there, ttfce up tKe; warp (A. B.) fastened to 
 a Bxture la the smBlHaUniA (B.Kw«rbaiii it, or a suflBcient quantity of 
 It to brmg her into stiU water opposite those I8land8^-where there is no 
 ^ difficulty wgettinginto .the lock* wbich lead through the fortification at 
 this place. , 
 
 At Mr. EvAW'» PbinT up to which from the military locks there is no 
 obstruction,! and boats dniwmg 30 inches water may and do navigate- 
 there is 30 yards of veiy awifVcurrent at the rate of 6 miles an hour, it 
 runs m e feet water through a, sluice which has been excavated in the 
 beach And m the water. This would only require straighteninff, widening 
 and deepenmg^ to make it conformable ta what Jias been projected farther 
 down, and prove a sufficient Improvemfent except a tow-path at this place 
 
 From EvATTS Point to tiie Kiooux about 100 yards, there is not 
 njuch current, and nothing to prevent boars from perfonning this distance 
 by the common means— but at the Rioolit there is only 2 feet deep of 
 water and the current runs at 6 miles per hour in a distance of about I Oi) 
 yards. The loose 4tone have been>^^removed in the Rigolet, and for a 
 considerable distancie above the small Island seen on the plan, tiear the 
 shore—which togetjier with Uie proceeds of excavation, throw it into 
 the shape of aaluicei— and from which it receives its name of RioofcET. 
 It answers thei purposes of navigation well enough in the spring when 
 the water is high~.b|it as soon as the water gets low the boats are oblteed 
 to go outside of the larger of these two Islands— and. a*;end by means 
 of their setting pol^ until they approach the shore again a litUe above ^ 
 
 the RiooLBT. Some improvement therefore is necessary at this place 
 
 and to effect which it will be proper to excavated foot deep by IS feet 
 wide along the whole of the lOO yards-rthrowing the proceeds of the ex- 
 cavation to^the outer i»ide, and to carry on a kind of embankment, ob- 
 liquing outwards, considerably above the required depth of water, and in 
 ihe manner indicated by the red line on the plan, to throw into the sluice 
 a greater quantity of water than could be procured by its being lefk to 
 flow in of its own accord without the help of such embankment or jett^e. 
 From this place to Feknch*8 Run the current is not very strong in 
 any part of the distance, nor does any thing occur to obstruct the navi. 
 gUtion or prevent boats from performing it with the ordinary means— in 
 a depth of water quite sufficient at a moderate distance from the shore. 
 Except recommending a tow-path, therefore, we propose no amelioration 
 inthisspaoOk 
 
 At FasMca'aBoM by removing the loose blodcs of stone at the bottom, 
 there has been a«sluice opened with « feet water, but it is too narrow 
 and crooked for the general purposea of Navigation^ when the watei is 
 low in summer and autamn->-the current here has a velocity of from 6 
 to 10 miles per hour in a distance of about 100 yards and forms a consi- 
 derable obBtr>iction to the I^avi^tion^ io to much that most of the boats 
 in the latter part of summer prefer crossing, over to French's Island 
 where Batteaux find deeper water in which to work up with theirsetting 
 PoIm— and OHrhamboata can be drawn up by means of horses which 
 are ferried over in a Scow for that purposer-from the head of this Island 
 they roir or set the boata aorow again to near station 1 08, on the main 
 shore, and thence they all, ascend patt a long marsh to near McDonald's 
 Point by the ordinary maansof Oars or attuag Poles, or both. 
 
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' (a.) at the 
 losite Beau* 
 le river will 
 rs or setting 
 be warped 
 'a crew and 
 fastened to 
 quantity of 
 there is no 
 tification at 
 
 I there is no 
 navigate — 
 an hour, it 
 ated in the 
 I, widening 
 :ted farther 
 : this place, 
 bere is not 
 lis distance 
 eet deep of 
 'about lOd 
 , atili for a 
 Hi near the 
 'ow it into 
 
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 ring when 
 ireoblfged 
 by means 
 ittle above 
 lis place — 
 by 1$ feet 
 I of the ex- 
 ^ment, ob> 
 ter, and in 
 > the sluice 
 ing left to 
 torjettte. 
 strong in 
 t the navi< 
 in,eans — in 
 the shore, 
 lelioration 
 
 le bottom, 
 to narrow 
 e water 11 
 of from 6 
 IS a const - 
 'the boats 
 I's Island, 
 sir setting 
 ses which 
 bis Island 
 the main 
 : Donald's 
 
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 " ™» FteNCH's Ru»r to the Lmru: Rapid at the lower end of the 
 marsh between station. J p« and J 09, *be water is nit^er Zbw near the 
 
 ;fc iSii;*:? !S^ S^'' S!" °^'m^^ '^^ "^ moderate dSceTu!!! 
 the length of this section of coast, U, about half a mile, and the velocity 
 of the current is about f miles per hour-t»ie impediments are bSS 
 stone, &c. war the shoretbrou^ut-and at the upper eSremity Vhe?e 
 s^llol Z"tr/h *' .mprovementisreauireij. the^Sater is so eSrTme y 
 in ttfrtl^/^-S^'^L*- f t° ••» «WV#Wfii«t distance from the shore 
 n their ase^t, and- often Have to work to great disadvantage—It has 
 
 ittrlmTJif I VT* 'J2'i'*''^8 ''^°'«' »n excavation at the upper 
 
 extremity pf 6Q yards lopg|ifc^^,yide and 1 feet deep, and to ionstVSct 
 
 a conttnuowjQw-p^th. on the bask, Mi^jch is eveiy wLe very low wd 
 
 , of a fnvou^ffble comp«,rtjon for this purpose all tlie way doirn to the 
 
 S'i'rffi'^r '*']•"'' ""^^ ?" ^^^^ impK^mcnts above mentioned wiH 
 be a sufficient amehorationibr the distance. ""ucuwm 
 
 # From tj^ Ipwer end of the above inentioned marsh to the foot of the 
 
 IhrC n?„V**''°" .' ^^*''^^ '^^ P«^ of McDonald's Point. hVrels 
 r ISL iT''"*7]?^ Pbstwtipn to t^.,e navigation-and as the con- 
 s ructioq of « tow-path «pp|^th(|fflwh would be attended with considera- 
 / ble expenie-withobt any ooowiMisurato object being attained by itw 
 we haYe.^aMnprovementtop%,f0rilH», distance of tEe shore, 
 p JJ*'^?''*^^ « PowT^^therB «iie tbreo places in navigating round this 
 1 o.nt ^ere horses are nsed to draw up iTurham Boata-thf cu"?en a? 
 -the W lowermost points, runs, a> tlie U) of 4 miles, and at the uppjr 
 pomtf milea per hcHHwthe di«an«? ate^h is aboiTeo yards-the iV 
 pediment at each arisen J;^,pt),ft)«i«i^ currentishalbwn^ of 
 the yater-wdlhe .toDyne^iofih^Ji^i^ndthe sum of thrimJrS 
 th?r ^"""* " thWC; «.orM^ «>verw».e the difficulty and St 
 
 fit S^'^SrfPr^"*^*^ "^"'"^ ^ **> y*'d» °f exLafionlia 
 feet wide by 3 feet deep op an avenige, partly on the beach and partly 
 under wauu^whichwtb,*^,^^^^^ fi«™ one extreme to thJ 
 
 otf er, a distaoce of about half a ii,lle-,wiU^ a sufficient amelioration- 
 X1!S"'*°*'!' «t.ll vater pf WteSl^i-rap^i^and terminate 2J detail 
 of impcovement we proposal. toenaUe fiattM^ and Durham Boate with 
 tjeir ordmarjr cargoes to miyigate the whole of the Rapids from Lake 
 ^t. Louis— without dischargiDg,aQy particular portion thereof. 
 
 ^rJ^^ Mo'ring is, a d^UiU^tlie probable, cost of the proposed im- 
 provement throughout 4be whole -wteol^he table also exbibS the 
 rS^H^n^J'-H*" yr*"* °'' ^mr^^Utmife scale along the same 
 track and pwvidingijf the asoending «f*oato drawing four feet water! 
 Ro?l D«iriiam.Bo,»5s pQW draw^;SSn full loaded in^descendiij he 
 StS^^J?"? i"* ^h«<* #P^.U .W. upt x^. probable they will eveTload 
 
 TthL ll r;:'**'"^?!' .^r''^^ Jb^robda weighty eno«gS accorifi 
 ihiti^ '^. *'?'JPii**»* dovmtahmmihe water by i L when UdeS 
 r^fi. ^iW^'''^*?^*'*?*^.*'*^*^**^ of pwdoce-such L they are nw? 
 in the habitof carrying in their 4e«Wto tjh^ Ports of embarkation. 
 
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 At die Oluriu horn Om Upp«r 
 Look* at &Jit Roek, 80 vud« M^ 
 Md of 80 bM^M deep. ISO* SA 
 
 At Poiote* £Mi«h^aeitr,tioa 100 - 
 
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 At Pmoto k CoolonM, 100 jnudt 
 
 osuTatioabyOjwnb m 1 1-8..... 
 
 [100 yards tow path. 
 
 At Potato k CaMMtto, 80 vardt m 
 8 yardt m 9 1-8 exeaTattan. . 7 . . . . 
 
 [80 yards tow ptKL 
 
 At Kttate da Mootai, eseantieo 
 incladtag tow path aeeordtag to Pro- 
 file and Saetioa No. 1 .40180 
 
 From TavTcfs Pkitat to little Cot« 
 
 <at the TaniMiy eseardion. SSOO 
 
 [Dam of loose atooe 484 rdit. 
 
 [Tow path, OOOyardsloiig.T. 
 
 At Potato wax dottt, ezeara- 
 
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 from the Caaeadet to the Cedars i«. . 
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 At Oie Yillste or the Cedars oppo. 
 site the Cedars Choroh, escavatioo U 
 yards m-8 m S-8 
 
 At Potato A Mareou, em?atioB 
 SO yards M 8 m 1 
 
 .^JMyarAjof towpnth. 
 
 At Poute ft Biroo, ouavMoii 100 
 
 yards m 4 m 1 
 
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 ineladiiuratowpaflh.. 
 
 [FisiogaCuMtaB ta die baak 
 
 above, and a reirdHaii haw^ 
 
 ■er 1^ • snatch blocL .. . 
 
 From Mr. Baudot's Point to the 
 
 MiHtary Locks atthe Coteaa, Ibr fis' 
 
 tores ta the Roeks, Cables k Baoys. 
 
 At Mr. Eiratt's^Ptotat. fiir the ro- 
 
 moral or some obttracttans and paf 
 
 till eseavation. .V~4 
 
 At the Rigslet, tnaratiea 100 ydta. 
 /*« 6 N 1-8 wider water.......... 
 
 M Frenches Ron, eieavation lOO 
 
 y>rda M.6 h 1-SiMslly under ifater. 
 
 RemoTal or loeao Hock oratono, 
 
 Jiom Freaebca Run up to the eom> 
 
 'pMoement of mardu 
 
 At the eommencoment oT the Iom 
 •marsh, exearation 60 yards m 6 m 
 
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 A coatfMMiu tow padi ftom thn 
 CAteau Loeks up to this plaee, 1 8-4 
 
 miles at 8 per yawl 
 
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 Larger Scale. 
 
 Salarj^of an aniiUot Engineer. 2 
 
 yearatoJBlSO. ' ' 
 
 Additional Salaiy of the Engineer; 
 
 (for deepening the Canals at 
 
 Cascades, Split Rock and 
 
 Cdteau, and to auperintend 
 
 the contraction of new 
 
 Locks,) 1 year at iESOO . . 
 
 Astistaut, I year at iElSO. . . 
 
 Conttruction of 7 new Locks' or 
 
 their ^quiralent at £2000 each 
 
 Excaration in solid rock grit at 
 
 Cascades, and Split Rock—and in 
 
 Lime Stone at the Cdteau, to widen 
 
 the Canals and Lock Pits. ../,-.... 
 
 [20 per cent for Contingencies. 
 
 SOO 
 150 
 
 
 
 
 1700 4 1 
 
 14000 
 
 2000 
 5156 15 3 
 
 £ 10201 8 7 
 
 £ S0940 11 2 
 
 It Will be .een that the most remarkable difference between the lesser 
 and larger of these two eptiraates arises from the expence which it wouS 
 
 ^e^"!^:ZTV:eTw?: deenemng, widen^g and tnsltuTt ^ 
 J.®7'°*^^^ 2!/"® 8evera\Mihtarj^, Posts—CascadesT Split Rock and 
 wo!k ThnSrrl '•^^r-^^.di^te consequence of constractS'sS 
 ?r .K * w • 'o«''«ia^« been inserted in our estimate upon theftiDno 
 ition that It ,8 possible the Military Government may be fnduced o K 
 them up to the Provincial for the above purpose--particularfy as some 
 of hem are now in a bad state, and in tke course of a very fe^ year^ 
 will all reomre a thorough repair to render them serviceablel-nn^ ^« 
 parucula;iy as the RidSI^ Carnal, it is quite prrarew'^s^n^becom': 
 
 t ?Z M T^% f'S^"" *"^"'P°'-' of military stores, troops! baSe 
 &c from Mon rea to Kingston, and between which two plLes tffrlfs 
 no military establishment on the Cataraqui which seems to rem^re so 
 expensive a system to be kept up for the transport of GovernmenJs ores 
 &c. to it-as that It has been heretofore founLecessary to Et in the 
 construction of the above locks. ' ^ 
 
 But if the military government should think proper to retain them 
 tZ l5:if-i?h"'?.'""' '■" ""•"'•g^ ^"'l ^««P^" the canals, and to rebuild 
 iiJ th/r '" ^^^ ''*'r'^ °" the larger scale would be found to ex- 
 Sontp/h^''";" •**"°'" a proporlionlit would most undoubtedly be 
 ttlttl P^*'f7.«"f--«« being the most capacious and providing for 
 ti«S ,''"'« °V''* '^fg^"* dimension of boats^ith their full load wlich 
 heaTeS merha're.'''' '''''' ^'''^"'^^ ^^^ '^ '^^^ -- -^i t£e 
 
 bvtllm^t.!ir-rt"K'''''^^^P'*^«*'"''°™ the Cascades to the Cedars 
 br steam-boats, ,Fw,ll be seen by the detailed account of the velocity 
 
 flLlTT " T?"'^'^''^'""^"^ P°'"*« ^^""^^^ thoses placesCd thJ 
 almost continued obstruction they would have to meet with of a different ^ 
 nature throughout the greater part of the whole extent-that it is en ♦ 
 
 &nf«f '''f T"-'""'"''*:fP^ ^J^ •»««"» «<"*» inland Canal wirch- 
 does not seem o be m accordance with either the letter or the spiri of 
 
 BJillJ^fl't^r"' ^T ^^^'""^ °"^ instructions are derived! ^ 
 Fn.; - ? * ^^T °^^^^ CtD^RMo Prison Island opposite (he Coteau ^ 
 FoRTiFicAT ONs, E stcam-boat which would run at the rate of i miJes in 
 hour could go quite up to that it»lan^ and through which if a cu were 
 Td u/nin" r'lT "* ^«"t>«id«l«nd anptheUtSuil^th^^"'" 
 ~endl«lht-w««teif ofTfie water that now runs down eSl^d^ot .. 
 
 S^StthrmlrhUh ^^'""^ ^'r."" ^' ^^'^h of thosrcJt: to wirp 
 l„! 1 . .k^ i. "*^"' ^^^" proceed along the outside of French's ll 
 
 u^ni Vat'lSar.'^'i'r' ^"'"** ^•♦'^ "* •» P-"^ near the head of U 
 running at 10 tnires-attJ if no cut were made in 4»i8, similar to thos^ 
 
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 through Prison bland— -then the steamer should run at the rate of 12 
 miles an hour to be able with any degree of safety to proceed— these 
 
 , three obstructions being got over however there is no other rapid or 
 any other obstruction to prevent a steam-boat, with an engine of mode- 
 rate power to get up into Lake St Francis, lor the current no where in 
 that distance. runs more than 4.mile8 per hour^-and there is sufficient 
 
 "d^pth of water for the purpose. 
 
 Such an Improvement without any Lockaire mieht cost about 
 ^£2000 0. ^-6 6 
 
 The whole respectfully submitted by, 
 
 GENTLEMEN, 
 
 Your Obedient Servants, 
 
 ALEXr. STEVENSON. 
 
 Cittti Enginesr Sf StoorH Surveyor. 
 
 ANDRE TRUDEAU, 
 
 jlstuL Engineer if Summ Surveyor. 
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