The Lachine Canal was designated a national historic site in 1996, and Parks Canada launched a major revitalization project the following year. The canal reopened to pleasure boating in 2002, ...

The Lachine Canal was designated a national historic site in 1996, and Parks Canada launched a major revitalization project the following year. The canal reopened to pleasure boating in 2002, and ...

The idea of a canal to bypass the Lachine Rapids upstream from Montreal is almost as old as the city itself. But early attempts to build one, beginning in the late 17th century, ended in failure.

We take a scenic stroll along Montreal's Lachine Canal over to Atwater Market, where we try some tasty food and desserts. Right beside Atwater market, there's this cool boat floating on the ...

Federal infrastructure funding will help improve the visitor experience. MONTRÉAL, Aug. 7, 2018 /CNW/ - Parks Canada is required to protect and promote nationally significant examples of Canada's ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, cyclists will be able to bike along part of the Lachine Canal this winter. As part of an agreement between Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough and Parks Canada ...

The Lachine Canal National Historic Site is open daily from sunrise to 11 p.m. It's free to enter, but you'll have to pay for equipment rentals like boats and bikes.

Alain Vaillancourt, a Sud-Ouest borough counsellor, has been pushing Parks Canada for expanded winter use of the Lachine Canal bike path since he was elected in 2013.

The Lachine Canal, which marks its 200th anniversary this year, has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a prime example of urban gentrification.