1818 in Canada #CanadianHistory #history Construction of the Lachine Canal is deferred, and immigrants who would have worked on it have gone to work on New York's Erie Canal, delaying the needed growth of Lower Canada's inland navigation https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4928882 Pg. 3 (1st column) #ErieCanal See also: Lachine Canal https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/le-canal-de-lachine