Complex sentence: Despite this, the canal entered a period of slow growth between 1875 and 1900, and travel was blocked beyond Balsam Lake until the opening of the Kirkfield Lift Lock in 1907.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite this, the canal entered a period of slow growth between 1875 and 1900. Travel was blocked beyond Balsam Lake until the opening of the Kirkfield Lift Lock in 1907.