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Pierre Camu
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BIOGRAPHY

Consultant. Chairman of the board of governors of the University of Ottawa 1973–79; honorary member since 1979. President, St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, 1965–73. Author of Economic Geography of Canada.

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Map showing the St. Lawrence hydrographic system and the five main sectors of the St. Lawrence Seaway project, stretching from Lake Ontario near Kingston through various locks, canals, and dams along the Canada-United States border to Montreal. The map highlights key locations such as the Thousand Islands, International Rapids, Lake St. Francis, Soulanges, and Lachine sections, with detailed labeling of major locks, canals, and power dams. Cross sections of the lock and canal system are depicted
St. Lawrence Seaway, continuous navigable deep waterway project from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, undertaken jointly by Canada and the United States and completed in 1959. The St. Lawrence Seaway opened North America’s industrial and agricultural heartlands to deep-draft ocean vessels. It…
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