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Slides and Booms.
The Government slides were constructed for the passage of timber where impediments to navigation prevent it The booms are artificially closed bays at the two ends of the slide. On the River Saguenay there is a slide 5,840 feet long with a boom of 1,314 feet, and dams, piers and bulkhead. The works extend over a distance of about six miles. On the St. Maurice there are 7 stations, and on the Vermillion, one of its tributaries two, the last 121 miles from the mouth of the St.
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Maurice at Three Rivers. On the Ottawa River and its branches there are 73 stations, viz: On the Ottawa 12, the last 249 miles from its mouth, and 151 miles above the city of Ottawa; on the Gatineau, 1 station about a mile from its mouth; on the Madawaska, 15; on the Colonge, 2; on the Black, 1; on the Pete-wawa, 31; and on the Du Moine, 12. Of these rivers, the Madawaska and Pete-wawa flow into the Ottawa from the south, the others from the north. The works on these rivers comprise
| Canal |
5,071 feet |
| Slides |
12,835 feet |
| Booms |
67,799 feet |
| Dams |
17,791 feet |
| Bulkheads |
340 feet |
| Bridges |
2,215 feet |
| Piers |
141 |
| Slide-keepers' Houses |
5 |
| Storehouses |
1 |
| Work-shops |
1 |
River Trent and Newcastle District.—The Trent navigation extends from Trenton, on the Bay of Quints, to Port Perry, at the head of Lake Scugog, a distance of 155¼ miles; of this 34¾ are unnavigable, and various works in the shape of locks, booms and dams have been constructed to overcome the obstructions. Some of these are now unfit for use. A part of them have been transferred to a committee of gentlemen connected with the lumber trade, and t he lock at Lindsay to the Province of Ontario. The expenditure on Slides, Booms, &c., during the fiscal year, 1876-77, was for—
| Construction |
$120 |
| Repairs |
30,477 |
| Staff and Maintenance |
37,909 |
| Total |
$58,506 |
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Maurice at Three Rivers. On the Ottawa River and its branches there are 73 stations, viz: On the Ottawa 12, the last 249 miles from its mouth, and 151 miles above the city of Ottawa; on the Gatineau, 1 station about a mile from its mouth; on the Madawaska, 15; on the Colonge, 2; on the Black, 1; on the Pete-wawa, 31; and on the Du Moine, 12. Of these rivers, the Madawaska and Pete-wawa flow into the Ottawa from the south, the others from the north. The works on these rivers comprise