Report of John B. Jarvis, Esquire, Civil Engineer.
Table of Contents

Title Page
Table of Contents
Maps Accompanying this Report
Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, dated 18th October, 1854, approved by His Excellency the Governor General, in Council, on the same day.
Instructions for J. B. Jarvis, Esquire, Civil Engineer, on the subject of a Canal between the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain.
STATEMENT shewing the Cost of a Survey for a Canal to connect the River St. Lawrence with Lake Champlain.
Report of Edward H. Tracy, Esquire, Civil Engineer.
Report of John B. Jarvis, Esquire, Civil Engineer.
[Introduction]
First.-The Western Trade.
Second.-The competition the Canada Improvement must experience for the Western Trade.
Third. I now proceed to consider the 3rd Section of this Report, namely The Dimensions of Canal and Locks best adapted to the Navigation.
Fourth.-The Lumber and other Canadian Trade.
Fifth.-The question of Tonnage and Revenue.
Sixth.-Description of the several routes for the proposed Canal from the St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain, with Estimates of Cost.
Collecting our data.
Seventh.-The advantage of the several routes proposed, for the trade that is to be accommodated.
[conclusions]
Report of Messrs. Maillefert and Raaslof, Civil Engineers, upon the Examination and Survey of the River St. Lawrence, from Prescott to the head of the Lachine Canal, and certain experimental blasting operations made during the summer of 1854.
Table A.

[Introduction]

TO THE HONORABLE THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
GENTLEMEN,--

By your instructions dated August 12th, 1854, I am called upon to make examinations and report on a proposed Canal to connect the St. Lawrence River with Lake Champlain, and also on questions of trade and engineering on this and works in connection, that will be involved with this enterprize. The general practicability of the work is not questioned, and as several matters relating to the proposed Canal will materially depend on the views that may be taken of its connections, it has appeared proper to discuss them in the first place.

The Report of your Board, referred to in your instructions, has been carefully considered, and you will judge of its influence on my mind by observing the tenor of this communication.

It is proposed to consider the several matters embraced in your instructions in the following order

lst.-The Western Trade, and the influence of Railways on the same.
2nd. The competition the Canada improvement must experience for the Western Trade.
3rd. The dimensions of Canal and Locks best adapted for the navigation.
4th. The Lumber and other Canadian Trade.
5th. The question of Tonnage and Revenue.
6th. A description of the several routes for the proposed Canal, with approximate estimates of cost.
7th. The advantages of the several routes proposed, for the trade that is to be accommodated.

 

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