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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The audience accepted without question the claim that no one had been harmed at Love Canal. It was a shocking revelation of ignorance among science writers and scientists, and an impressive demonstration of how easily we ignore history. Love Canal is a trench in the ground nearly two miles long, named for William Love who began digging in 1896. He hoped to carry barge traffic from the upper to the lower Niagara River, providing a way for ships to bypass Niagara Falls.