Main entry:

Sussman, Gennifer.

Title & Author:

The St. Lawrence Seaway : history and analysis of a joint water highway / Gennifer Sussman.

Publication:

Montreal : C.D. Howe Research Institute ; Washington, D.C. : National Planning Association, 1978.

Description:

vi, 84 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Canada-U.S. prospects

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Role of the Seaway: The Physical Characteristics of the Seaway ; The Significance of Opening the Lakes to Larger Shipping -- 3. The Historical Development of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway: Early Development in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ; Cooperative Development of the Waterway -- 4. The Use of the Seaway: Relative Canadian and U.S. Use of the Seaway ; Major Commodity Movements on the Seaway ; Other Commodities and the Longer-Term Outlook ; Lake-Shipping Industry: Shipping Costs and Trends ; The Relative Importance of the Seaway in the Transportation Systems of Canada and the United States -- 5. The Impact of Government Policies on Use of the Seaway: Transportation Policy ; Shipping Policies -- 6. Areas of Current and Future Bilateral Concern and Cooperation: Seaway Tolls ; Increasing the Capacity of the Seaway -- 7. Conclusion -- App. A. The Maritimes, Quebec and the St. Lawrence Seaway: The Maritime Provinces ; Quebec.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0888060416 (pbk.)
9780888060419 (pbk.)

Subject:

Shipping North America.
Waterways North America
Saint Lawrence Seaway History.
Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent.
Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent Histoire.
North America Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Form/genre:

Reports.
History.

Added entries:

Canada-U.S. prospects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 151784
Call No.: HE619.S3 S8 1978
Status: Available