Ed,

This thread is a work of beauty. The info is priceless. Thank you for starting it. I used to hang out as a child by a disused part of the old Lachine Canal in Montreal. It seemed to be a 'spur line' leading to the canal itself. Dark, mysterious, fearsome in many ways, and attractive to kids, a few of whom met their ends in its oily water. You have brought back many memories for me.

Bruce M