LOCATION – 45o 27’ 30” N 73o 36’ 42” W In 1689, François Dollier de Casson, Superior of the Sulpician Order at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice de Montréal, initiated the first attempt to build a canal that would bypass the treacherous Lachine Rapids. However this...
LOCATION : Waterfront, Thunder Bay, Ontario DESCRIPTION: Reinforced Concrete Grain Elevators HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Massive grain elevators have been a dominant feature of the waterfront at Thunder Bay since 1883, when the first terminal was under construction. The...
The Lethbridge Viaduct is the highest and longest steel railway bridge of its type in the world, spanning 1.6 kilometres across the steep banks of the Oldman River, rising 314 feet from the river bed and extending 5,327 feet in length. The design chosen was a steel...
Cape Spear Lighthouse – Blackhead Road, Cape Spear, St. John’s, NL A1C 5H2 47°31′12.1″N52°37′25.0″W Lighthouses full of both of both technical functionality and architectural beauty, built on remote sites strategically scattered around the provincial...
Highway suspension bridge (472 m main span) across the First Narrows; designed by P.L. Pratley, construction supervised by W.G. Swan (1936-1938), and documented by S.R. Banks.
LOCATION: CFB Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia DESCRIPTION;:Constructed as a joint effort of the British Admiralty, the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia, the Esquimalt graving Dock was completed in 1887. Ever since, it has...
Construction of this narrow-gauge railway from St. John’s to Port aux Basques was commenced in 1881 and completed in 1893 by R.G. Reid; abandoned in 1993.
Commemorating the earliest Hydro Electric Generating Stations using the Falls. Constructed on what used to be Cedar Island, the Canadian Niagara Power Generating Station started generating power on January 1, 1905
The Ocean Terminals were constructed between 1912 and 1928, and have served the Port of Halifax ever since. For many years, these terminals were the point of disembarkation for thousands of European immigrants to Canada.
Constructed 1914-1917 as a major port facility on the Pacific Coast to protect Canada’s trade routes. Project used over 1M tons of rock, 10,000 granite blocks, 53 concrete caissons and over 1M c.y. of dredged fill.
