the lachine canal was blocked off in the mid 60's with tunneling debris from the excavation to build the underground metro rail, which was being built for montreal's worlds fair; expo 67   the lachine canal (canal de lachine in french) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the island of montreal, quebec, canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the old port of montreal to lake saint-louis, through the boroughs of lachine, lasalle and sud-ouest. on the land before the canal construction there was a lake named "lac st pierre" . the lake and its rivers can be seen on the maps of montreal of the years 1700, 1744 and on the map titled "the isles of montreal. as they have been surveyed by the french engineers (1761)". image:carteislemontreal1700.jpg|map of montreal, 1700 the canal gets its name from the french word for china (la chine). the european explorers dreamt of finding a route from new france to the western sea and there on to chinapage 9, the lachine canal - by yvon desloges, gelly, alain desloges, yvon, gelly, alain, 1958-, alain gelly. retrieved 31 december 2008 http://books.google.ca/books?id=l2w_ju_7xjgc&pg=pa9&lpg=pa9&dq=lachine+canal+china&source=bl&ots=ep1pbr06p-&sig=smwumtfagexpq16ruvkpdj3xbpa&hl=en&sa=x&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#ppa9,m1 and hence auspiciously the region where the canal was built was named lachine. the canal, due to the continuous disposal of industrial waste, has the prevalence of harmful substances,http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/rapports/publications/bape105-1.pdf although the water quality is said to be good.{{cite web|title=canal lachine: une seule ombre au c
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