St. Lawrence Seaway 50th Anniversary Events
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 02:56PM 
The
2009 navigation season will be upon us in just 19 days so we thought
this might be an appropriate time to ask our readers to open up their
calendars and mark down a few important dates relating to some of the
St. Lawrence Seaway 50th Anniversary celebrations planned for this
year. The Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC),
the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and a
host of others interested in the St. Lawrence Seaway's history plan to
mark the Golden anniversary of the waterway. Here are a few of this
year's events that will commemorate the half-century
since the Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight Eisenhower presided
over the Seaway's official opening.
- March 31--Opening Ceremony for the 2009 navigation season, St. Lambert Lock
- June 23-30--St. Lawrence Seaway 50th Anniversary Celebrations United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario
- June 26-27--Official 50th Anniversary Celebration public events in Cornwall and Niagara, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec
- July 9-12--Official 50th Anniversary Celebrations in Massena, New York
- July 31-August 3--Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival in Port Colborne, Ontario
Don't miss the chance to celebrate the St. Lawrence Seaway's 50th Anniversary and participate in the cooperative effort to ensure that the Seaway's future will be even more successful than its past.
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