My fourth history book "A History of the Murray Canal" provides the detailed story of why it took so long for governments to come to the decision to finally build the Murray Canal, then how and why it happen. The lobbying from interested parties was intense! There were many surveys for a route from the Bay of Quinte to Lake Ontario, but the final decision came down to basic geology and cost management. The book includes details of how the canal was dug, complications and adjustments, as well as the problems that delayed its completion. The Murray Canal served in the role of a regional transportation link and did a good job of it during and after the steamboat era. Today it is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway and supports mostly recreational boaters. If anyone feels the canal is irrelevant, remember the hub-bub when a new bridge was being planned. It will all be in this book.

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