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Date: November 30, 1829

Welland Canal Opened

Two schooners passed from Port Dalhousie to Port Robinson, Upper Canada, symbolically opening the Welland Canal and linking Lakes Erie and Ontario for the first time. The canal opened the way to the west and countered the economic threat of the American Erie Canal.

Welland Canal

Date: November 30, 1829
Welland Canal Opened
Two schooners passed from Port Dalhousie to Port Robinson, Upper Canada, symbolically opening the Welland Canal and linking Lakes Erie and Ontario for the first time. The canal opened the way to the west and countered the economic threat of the American Erie Canal.	Welland Canal