Talk:St. Lawrence Seaway/Archives/2012

why

It still doesn't say why Eisenhower created this system. He didn't just do it for the ports on the Great Lakes, there was some sort of foreign interest there. Anybody have anything on this?

Well, having sea access to the Great Lakes has sort of been a Holy Grail of navigation for generations; previous to the construction of the Seaway, there was the Erie Canal, which accomplished much the same thing via barges (allowing transit of cargo from the interior of the U.S. to the Atlantic). Both the U.S. and Canada had a lot to gain by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, since it allows oceangoing ships, as opposed to the Erie Canal's barges, into the Great Lakes. Basically, it's a way of getting foodstuffs (grain, corn, etc.) from the middle parts of the U.S. and Canada out to export markets; at the time that the Seaway was constructed, we were exporting a lot of grain to Western Europe. It also allows oil and manufactured goods to be transported back in from abroad. Not sure if that really answers your question, but I hope it's a start. --Kadin2048 20:50, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

MAP

Hi, Please check out our website for all the information/history on the St.Lawrence Seaway. www.seaway.ca

You can find a map of the St.Lawrence Seaway system at these addresses:

http://www.seaway.ca/en/seawaymap/index.html

http://www.seaway.ca/en/aboutus/lcc.html

http://www.seaway.ca/en/pdf/tommy_trent_abc.pdf

the last link is a brochure that was created for kids, but that is actually pretty good for all ages!

Don't hesitate to ask for any other questions.

FRED D. Real Estate Coordinator - St.Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. A map showing the course of the Saint Lawrence Seaway would be really informative! User:Dumbo1

Fistful of loonies

Can somebody say how much the project cost? Include it? Trekphiler (talk) 02:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm very interested in any cost analysis done on an expansion project. Can anyone source one of these studies? Bagsc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.67.237.253 (talk) 12:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Soulanges Canal

There should be notes about the All Canadian St.Lawrence Seaway proposal that was floated if the US didn't agree to participate in the Seaway, which would have enlarged this canal. 76.66.201.179 (talk) 06:04, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

List of locks

The place names in the newly added list of locks section were determined from Google Maps. Someone with better knowledge of the local town borders should verify these locations. Hilmar (talk) 20:17, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

NPOV?

While there's mention of the impact on some New York cities, I see no mention of the economic impact on Canada & the U.S. as a whole, nor the benefit to places like Thunder Bay, Chicago, Green Bay, & elsewhere, which gained access to broader markets as a result of the Seaway. Anybody have anything? TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 15:22, 10 August 2011 (UTC)