St Lambert Locks. The biggest and the busiest of the locks. It marks the beginning or the end of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Business end of a large Polish bulk carrier
It is so deep in some of the locks that it actually gets dark
It doesn't look like much when its full
Commercial traffic of all shapes and sizes uses the seaway everyday. Remember they are the priority. Pleasure boats like us are a distraction that must be accomodated...for a small fee $25 per Canadian lock and $30 per US lock.
Rafting is expected in the Canadian locks. ONly the boat on the wall gets the lines supplied by the lock staff. Everybody else relies on their own stuff. Te order is poer boats first, then sail. Largest to smallest in each type of boat goes first.
Coteau landing on the walls of the old Soulanges canal, the predecessor to the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Threepenny Opera on the wall at Coteau Landing
