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The Old Port of Quebec and its marina Grain Elevator on the Louise Bassin. Louise Bassin, and Old Quebec. The Port of Quebec (French: Port de Québec) is an inland port located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest port in Canada, and the second largest in Quebec after the Port of Montreal.
The Port of Saint John is a port complex that occupies 120 hectares (300 acres) of land along 3,900 m (12,800 ft) of waterfront of the Saint John Harbour at the mouth of the Saint John River in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. [5] The Port of Saint John, with facilities on both sides of the river, is noted for its extreme tidal ...
A second port was also established soon after at Prince Arthur's Landing, later called Port Arthur, and located in what is now north Thunder Bay. During the Red River Rebellion in Manitoba, troops from Central Canada were sent to quell the uprising via Port Arthur. [6] A small rivalry was born between these two ports over the next decades.
The port authority is an autonomous self-financing federal agency created under the terms of the Canada Marine Act. [35] The port authority's board of directors is composed of seven business people from the Montreal area. Each of three levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal – names a director.
The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada and the fourth largest in North America by tonnes of cargo, facilitating trade between Canada and more than 170 world economies. The port is managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority , which was created in 2008 as an amalgamation of the former Port of Vancouver , the North Fraser Port ...
The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, New York St. Lawrence Seaway St. Lawrence Seaway separated navigation channel near Montreal. The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth ...
Halifax's advantages included its location just off the Great Circle route made it the closest to Europe of any mainland North American port. But the new Intercolonial Railway (ICR) took an indirect, southerly route for military and political reasons, and the national government made little effort to promote Halifax as Canada's winter port ...
Cruise ship berthed at the Port of Halifax PSA Atlantic Hub at the southern side of the port. In addition to being one of the world's largest natural harbours for breakbulk, bulk, roll-on/roll-off, containerized and project cargoes, the Halifax seaport has become an increasingly popular port of call for cruise ships from around the world. In ...