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THE GREAT AMERICAN CANALS
| To Fort Niagara as above | 380 | |
| North end of Lake Ontario | 225 | |
| Oswegatche | 60 | |
| Montreal—very rapid | 110 | 395 |
| In all | 775 | |
| To Quebec | 180 | |
| Total | 955 |
"Admitting the preceding Statement, which as has been observed is given from the best and most authentic Maps and papers in my possession—from information—and partly from observation, to be tolerably just, it would be nugatory to go about to prove that the Country within, and bordering upon the Lakes Erie, Huron, & Michigan would be more convenient when they came to be settled—or that they would embrace with avidity our Markets, if we should remove the obstructions which are at present in the way to them.—
"It may be said, because it has been said, & because there are some examples of it in proof, that the Country of Kentucke,
