Iroquois. Southeastern Ontario.
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	Photo Credits: John vanBaal Tower Message: Iroquois Tower Location: Tower Information (05-06) Built: Height: Capacity: Water Source: Area Information: Iroquois is located on the Saint Lawrence Seaway between Brockville and Cornwall. It is the site of the Iroquois control structure, a dam that resulted in the flooding of a 50 kilometre stretch of the St. Lawrence River during the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. An artificial lake, Lake Saint Lawrence, now extends from a hydroelectric dam at Cornwall to the control structure at Iroquois, and replaces the formerly narrow and turbulent section of river that was impassible to large vessels. It replaces, in part, the Long Sault Rapids.
In creating the lake, the town of Iroquois and ten other communities were flooded. Iroquois was relocated about 1.5 kilometres north rather than being abandoned. To read more on this click on submerged villages.
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