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80 [[Note: 'Cygnet Canada' written in red pencil vertically in left margin]] polite lock and bridge tenders. Everything [[underlined in red]] french [[/underlined in red]] here. Country flat and very [[underlined in red]] much like Flanders. Celine [[/underlined in red]] who enjoys all this much says it reminds her of [[underlined in red]] Newport. [[/underlined in red]] then finally at the three step locks at [[underlined in red]] Chambly [[underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] then [[/strikethrough]] where [[underlined in red]] Celine [[/underlined in red]] got off while we were locking thru so as to see the environs. Pretty house and garden near lock. The rapids of Chambly are no longer visible [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] because they are now producing light and power. The ruins of an [[underlined in red]] old French Fort [[/underlined in red]] built in [[strikethrough]] 1907 [[/strikethrough]] 1700 to defend against [[underlined in red]] Iroquois. [[/underlined in red]] Then along [[underlined in red]] Beloeil mountain [[/underlined in red]] then under a R.R. Bridge at Beloeil just high enough to pass without [[end page]] [[start page]] 81 [[Note: 'Cygnet Canada' written in red pencil vertically in left margin]] drawing. Cheerful wel kept villages everywhere with many well kept wooden landings. The pretty Isle du Cerf in middle of two branches of river [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Finally towards [[strikethrough]] Su [[/strikethrough]] sunset we pass the last lock. [[underlined in red]] Lock de St. Ours. [[underlined in red]] where we found a string of canal boats waiting but we were not delayed and and we were locked thru with two or three of them. This is a large lock. Channel is on the right side. A little beyond just before reaching the two oppositely situated villages [[underlined in red]] St. Ours and St. Rock [[underlined in red]] we lost the channel for a moment and the boat was grating on a bar. Quickly threw out clutch, then [[underlined in red]] reversed slowly until we got again in channel. Unfortunately [[underlined in red]] overlooked rope [[/underlined in red]] which got entangled around propeller shaft.
