Triumph & Tragedy: The Welland Ship Canal

by Arden Phair (Editor), Kathleen Powell (Editor)

“Triumph & Tragedy: The Welland Ship Canal” chronicles the forgotten story of the canal’s fallen workers, as well as documenting the achievement of the canal’s construction. It includes illustrated biographies of each of the 138 Fallen Workers, plus 17 other chapters that expand upon a variety of topics, the construction railway (the busiest in Canada at the time), medical service (the first pan-peninsula service), equipment used, labour, mission services, geology and communities of the Welland Ship Canal. It is much more than a local story – it is a broader history of Canadian labour, immigration, transportation, economic development, and the hardships of construction.

Genres: History

372 pages, Hardcover

Published November 1, 2020