[2] One of these, the Banque du Peuple, established on July 11, 1835, has since lapsed.
[3] The statistics in the accompanying pages do not go, for the most part beyond 1912. They will suffice for comparative purposes. The rates of losses or gains will be found to be comparatively the same till 1914.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
TRANSPORTATION
I
SHIPPING—EARLY AND MODERN
BY RIVER AND STREAM
MONTREAL HEAD OF NAVIGATION—LAKE ST. PETER—JACQUES CARTIER’S DIFFICULTIES—THE GRADUAL DEEPENING OF THE CHANNEL—THE LACHINE CANAL IN 1700—ITS FURTHER HISTORY—MONTREAL THE HEAD OF THE CANAL SYSTEM OF CANADA.