Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiv
5. The Colonial Years: 1833–41
6. James Bethune’s Waterway 3
7. The Bobcaygeon Lock 14
8. The Question of Routes 21
9. Improvements on the Inland Waters 36
10. Improvements on the River Trent 54
11. Stoppage of the Works 61
12. The Union Years: 1841–67
13. Hamilton Killaly and the Board of Works 73
14. The Timber Slides 88
15. The Lumbermen’s Committee 95
16. The Union Locks 106
17. The Macdonald Years: 1867–96
18. The Ontario Locks 131
19. A Crucial Debate 143
20. A Barge Canal 155
21. Buekhorn, Burleigh, and Fenelon Falls 167
22. Tom S. Rubidge 181
23. The Trent Valley Canal Commission 193
24. The Laurier Years: 1896-1911
25. The Conversion of Wilfrid Laurier 207
26. The Peterborough-Lakefield Division 221
27. The Hydraulic Lift Lock 229
28. The Simcoe-Balsam Lake Division 240
29. R.B. Rogers 256
30. Mulock’s Madness 275
31. Hydroelectric Power and the Port Hope Canal 296
32. The Ontario-Rice Lake Division 307
33. Kerry and Culverwell 328
34. The Borden Years: 1911–20
35. The Western Outlet 359
36. The Port Severn Lock 373
37. The Marine Railways 385
38. The Couchiching Lock 398
39. Major Construction Projects on the Trent Canal 407
40. Notes 411
41. Bibliography 433
42. Index 441