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Winter work: Eric Ahermae, director of engineering on the Welland Canal, and his 400-man crew are racing against time to complete vital repairs to the 45-kilometre (26-mile) canal, which is drained of water at freeze-up time each year. The 50-year-old canal, which attracts thousands of summer sightseers, also attracts car thieves - at least 50 stolen cars were found on the muddy bottom this year.

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1982

Bustling port: Ships from around the world make their through the Welland Canal to St. Catharines, where the downtown core is being revitalized by a $40-million construction program.

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1982

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Locks and Ships - 1989 (1 of 2 files)

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1980

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Locks and Ships - 1989 (1 of 2 files)

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1980

Faces from the past: A woman walks past a mural in Welland painted by Dan Sawatzky of Chemainus, B.C. The mural, one of 13 on downtown building, shows a man telling his grandson about the early days in Welland.

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1988

Maintenance workers are getting a battered Welland Canal shipshape for another navigation season.

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1987

Cutting it fine: Mid-December ice clogs a Welland Canal lock as a freighter seeks to beat the freeze-up. It was a similar race against the weather 152 years ago today when a schooner sailed from Toronto to open the waterway from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie.

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1976

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Locks and Ships - 1989 (1 of 2 files)

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1980

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1976

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Brennan, Pat

Picture, 1976

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