Workers on the Beauharnois Canal

     The source for this list is the Archives Nationales du Québec à Montréal (ANQM), P464, Fonds Walter Shanly. The records contain some plans for the Beauharnois Canal. One document included among these papers, "Final Estimate of Work Performed on Lock no 4, Beauharnois Canal. Appendix no 2, Paylist for men cutting Drains on Canal from 7th to 30 th Nov 1843 inclusive" included the list of names below. The construction of the Beauharnois Canal began in 1842 and was completed in 1845. The Canal replaced the Cascades and Coteau Canals, but it was later replaced by Soulanges Canal in 1901.
     Walter Shanly was a civil engineer. He was born in Ireland in 1819 and died in Montreal in 1899. Shanly came to Upper Canada in 1836 with his family. His brother Francis was also an engineer. They both later worked for the Grand Trunk Railway.
   In the list below, names followed by an * indicates the original writing was difficult to transcribe with certainty. For the column, "Amount £ ", when the entry was "5", for example, it has been changed to "5 0 0".
     These records were very kindly provided by Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne, MA Quebec History. Copyright belongs to Denyse and permission should be obtained before reproducing this list for other than personal use.

Surname	First Name	Days	Price £	Amount £
Brown	James	5	2/6	0 12 6
Byrne	Martin	18	2/6	2 5 0
Cain	Pat.	16	2/6	2 0 0
Carroll	Thos.	7	2/6	0 17 6
Cassady	Jas.	4 1/2	2/6	0 11 3
Connell	John	5	2/6	0 12 6
Connor	William	19	2/6	2 7 6
Coplin	Pat.	17 1/2	2/6	2 3 9
Dixon	John	17	2/6	2 2 6
Dorsey	Pat.	17 1/2	2/6	2 3 9
Galvin	Con.	17	2/6	2 2 6
Gannaghen	Pat.	20 1/2	2/6	2 11 3
Grace	William	5 1/4	2/6	0 13 1 1/2
Hanley	Darby	20	2/6	2 10 0
Hobien	Pat.	19 3/4	2/6	2 9 4 1/2
Hyndes	Michael	20	2/6	2 10 0
Kelihan	Michael	18 1/2	2/6	2 6 3
Kelihan	Pat.	20	2/6	2 10 0
Kelihan	Wm.	4	2/6	0 10 0
Mahon	Michael	5	2/6	0 12 6
Marsh	John	9	2/6	1 2 6
McClusky	John	15	2/6	1 17 6
McCormick	Thos.	10	2/6	1 5 0
McDonell *	Francis	5	2/6	0 12 6
Morran *	John	15 3/4	2/6	1 19 4 1/2
Murphy	John	20	2/6	2 10 0
Murray	Thomas	20	5/	5 0 0
Murray	Daniel	9	2/6	1 2 6
Murray	Philip	20	2/6	2 10 0
Murray	James	20	2/6	2 10 0
Murray	John	21	2/6	2 12 6
Murray	Charles	10 3/4	2/6	1 6 10 1/2
Murthen *	John	19 1/2	2/6	2 8 9
O'Neil	Thomas	5	2/6	0 12 6
Sommerville	John	6	2/6	0 15 0
Stack	John sr	18	2/6	2 5 0
Stack	Thomas	17 3/4	2/6	2 4 4 1/2
Stack	John jr	7 1/2	2/6	0 18 9
Wheller	Edward	18 1/2	2/6	2 6 3