The Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence

This is the recording of the April 28, 2021 Zoom presentation. On June 26, 1959, Queen Elizabeth officially opened the St. Lawrence Seaway. The multi billion dollar marine shipping route linked the Great Lakes region to global markets. But at what cost? This is the engaging story of the six Lost Villages and three hamlets that were flooded to make way for the St. Lawrence Seaway. Jim Brownell, retired teacher and former M.P.P., relates how thousands of people living along the river had to be relocated. Their homes now lay beneath Lake St. Lawrence. Jim was the M.P.P. for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry from 2003 to 2011.