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bo a tin g w ith a n e x p e rie n c e d frie n d , th e y w o u ld p ro b a b ly le a rn a lo t a n d h a v e a p o sitiv e
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c o m p a n y w o u ld d e m a n d th a t a n d o u r G o v e rn m e n t h a s a lre a d y a d d re sse d th e issu e.
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to e n a b le p e o p le to try b o a tin g w ith re la tiv e ly little e x p e rie n c e. S o , th e d o o r is o p e n to
n e w b o a te rs in C a n a d a.
N o w , th e la rg e st C a n a l b o a t c o m p a n y in E u ro p e is c o m in g to C a n a d a. L e B o a t is
e x p a n d in g in to C a n a d a b y o p e n in g a b a se o f o p e ra tio n s in S m ith ’s F a lls, O n ta rio o n th e
R id e a u C a n a l. T h e y h a v e th e ir o w n “L e B o a t” b o a ts th a t a re d e sig n e d , b u ilt a n d
e q u ip p e d fo r sa fe , c o m fo rta b le c h a rte r c ru isin g.
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W o rld H e rita g e S ite.
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R o y a l E n g in e e rs, th e sto n e -w a lle d c a n a l re c e iv e d a U N E S C O W o rld H e rita g e S ite
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c a n a l is m a n -m a d e a n d w a s d u g o u t b y h a n d. T h e c a n a l – w ith its 4 5 lo c k s, w a s o rig i-
n a lly b u ilt fo r m ilita ry p u rp o se s to e sta b lish a se c u re su p p ly a n d c o m m u n ic a tio n s ro u te
b e tw e e n M o n tre a l, Q u é b e c , a n d K in g sto n.
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flic ts w e re o v e r a n d th e n e w c a n a l tu rn e d in to a c o m m e rc ia l sh ip p in g ro u te a n d la te r,
in to th e p le a su re b o a t w a te rw a y w e k n o w to d a y.
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“m a ste rp ie c e o f c re a tiv e g e n iu s” a n d m e e ts th e 1 0 d iffe re n t c rite ria n e e d e d to
se c u re su c h a p re stig io u s d e sig n a tio n. T h e c a n a l is “th e b e st-p re se rv e d e x a m p le o f a
sla c k w a te r c a n a l in N o rth A m e ric a , d e m o n stra tin g th e u se o f th is E u ro p e a n te c h n o lo g y
o n a la rg e sc a le ,” U N E S C O sa y s. It is a lso th e o n ly c a n a l d a tin g b a c k to th e n in e te e n th
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la u n c h in g th e “C ru ise th e R id e a u C a n a l C o n te st” w h ic h is sp o n so re d b y L e B o a t a n d
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