From the Warehouses to the Canal By Rail ca. 1830: The Lachine Canal, Montreal, Quebec.

During archaeological monitoring of the lower entrance of the Lachine Canal by the Corporation of the Old Port of Montreal, archaeologists obtained data spanning approximately 170 years of development in. the area. Indeed, the original canal, built between 1821-1825, has seen many transformations in its dimen-sions and in the spatial organization of the adjacent installations. This article focuses on a particular jindit1g related to the first period of the history of the canal: the remains of privately oumed short woodm track lines used for transporting goods from the warehouses along Common Street to the canal during the years 1825 to 1848. Durant Ia surveillance archeologique de /'entree aval du canal de Lachine par la Societ.e du Vieux-Port de Montreal, les archeologues ont recueilli des donnees couvrant envirmr 170 ans du developpemmt du canal. En effet, Ie canal original, construit entre 1821 et 1825, a subi des transformations autant dans ses dimensions que dans /'organisation spatiale des installations adjacentes. Cet article traite plus specifique-ment d'une decouverte unique reliee a Ia premiere periode du canal: /es vestiges de plusieurs voies ferrees en bois privees ou "chemins de lisse " utilisees pour /e transport des marchandises, entre les magasins et entre