The "Greatest display in nature" : the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region before the War of 1812 -- "As irresistible as the 'cataract of Niagara'" : the Erie Canal and the promises of the North American canal age -- "A salutary and desirable competition" : New York State influence in the building of the first Welland Canal -- The Oswego Canal : "One of the great travelling and commercial thoroughfares" -- "The great wonder of the canal."
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