Craig I. Stevenson

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Waterfront Wheat: The Short Life of Prescott’s First Grain Elevator

For three decades, a massive grain elevator loomed over the waterfront at Prescott, Ontario—and then was gone . . .

Craig I. Stevenson

The St. Lawrence Canal Patrol, 1914-1917

The newspaper, "The Leader" was quick to share with its readers the news that war had come to the River. . .

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A Requiem for Silenced Waters . . .

The story of these rocks is part of a broader saga of a geophysical feature transformed suddenly in mid-twentieth century North America. The Long Sault Rapids were timeless, until their time stopped.

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Giving Chase: Shipwatching on the St. Lawrence

Ships interest people for various reasons. There are those drawn to their technical features, or their economic role, or in the cargoes they carry . . .

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Out of a Flood: The Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary

The Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary is an oddity of history, its nine thousand hectares of field, wetland, and uplands established on land reclaimed through unique circumstances.

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'59 Forward: An Essay on the St. Lawrence Seaway After 60 Years.

The St Lawrence, in its transformation from River to “Seaway”, took on a tone of indifference, of corporate and bureaucratic efficiency, with decisions made at a distance and on a scale far...

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The Seaway’s 60th, Part 3: Working at Heights

Perspective, in history, is everything. Aerial photography captures a River being transformed by the Seaway...

Craig I. Stevenson