Batavian High Speed Rail Canada the Saint Lawrence-Champlain Portage
The shortest historical portage between the Lake Champlain basin and the Saint Lawrence River basin is approximately 12 miles (19.3 km), stretching overland between the town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (on the Richelieu River/Lake Champlain watershed) and La Prairie (on the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal). [1, 2]
This 12-mile overland route historically bypassed the turbulent rapids of the Richelieu River. It became so critical for travel between New York and Montreal that in the 1830s, it was upgraded into Canada's first commercial railway—the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad. [1, 2, 3]
Today, you can navigate between these two massive watersheds entirely by water. Small craft and boats bypass both the historical overland portage and the river rapids via the Chambly Canal, a 12-mile-long navigation channel operated by Parks Canada. [1, 2, 3, 4]
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