VLOG | Fort Chambly & Chambly Canal

Chambly is a suburb city of Montreal. It is located in the Montérégie region, inland from the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

Fort Chambly built with local stone between 1709 and 1711 in the style of Vauban's classic French fortifications. It was formerly known as Fort St. Louis. It was part of a series of five fortifications built along the Richelieu River to protect travellers on the river from the Iroquois. The region is informally known as la Vallée-des-Forts. Today, the fort is run by Parks Canada and is designated a National Historic Site of Canada, and houses a museum and interpretive centre.

The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada run by Parks Canada. It was built in 1843 to bypass several kilometers of successive Richelieu River rapids between the towns of Chambly, QC, and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Part of a series of waterways connecting the Saint Lawrence River and New York City, Chambly Canal was built to facilitate commercial traffic between Canada and the United States.

00:00 Fort Chambly
11:20 Chambly Canal