Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from postoffice.haltonbe.on.ca by unix10 (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA01973; Mon, 10 May 1999 21:54:53 -0400 Received: from hhpl.on.ca ([199.235.123.103]) by postoffice.haltonbe.on.ca (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 100-36729U10000L10000S0) with ESMTP id AAA382 for <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 10 May 1999 21:42:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:56:37 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] (Walter Lewis) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: NY History <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Strategic significance of Erie Canal construction Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit content-length: 601 This seemed like a fairly straightforward citation search but (due perhaps to limited local resources in southern Ontario) I haven't nailed it down. The War of 1812 demonstrated the high cost of moving strategic goods to the frontier. There were significant discussions north of the border immediately after the war about how to address the problem. The canal building programs at Lachine and on the Ottawa and Rideau were a direct result. Surely those promoting the Erie Canal discussed the same issues? Where is it discussed in the historiography of the canal? Walter Lewis [log in to unmask]