 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Fort Wellington yakarairwa nehurumende yeBritain mukati meHondo ya1812kudzivirira musoro weGalop Rapids muSt. Lawrence River. St. Lawrence Seaway isati yavakwa kuma1950, paiva nemvura yaidzika kubva kuPrescott ichienda kuMontreal. Kutakura zvinhu uye vatakurwi nengarava dzomugungwa dzenguva dzose kwakanga kusingabviri kupfurikidza namapopoma aya, uye naizvozvo zvinhu uye vatakurwi avo vaifamba vachienda kuPrescott vachibva kuKingston vaizopfuuridzirwa kumagwa maduku ayo aigona kufamba kupfurikidza namapopoma. Nenzira yakafanana, mitoro inofamba ichikwira rwizi ichibva kuMontreal yaizoburutswa kubva kuzvikepe zviduku ndokutakurwa mungarava huru dzomugungwa nokuda kwokutakura ichikwira rwizi. Panguva iyoyo, Rideau Canal yakanga isati yavakwa uye migwagwa yomunharaunda yacho yakanga isati yavakwa. Nzira bedzi yokutumira nayo zvinhu zvinorema uye vafambi kupinda muGreat Lakes kubva pasi peSt. Lawrence yakanga iri kupfurikidza nePrescott. 