<<<==Previous==                                  Cardinal Directions                                  ==  Next  ==>>> Port of Johnstown The Federal Clyde moored at the dock on the east side of the grain elevator The area around Prescott and Johnstown, Ontario was used as trans-shipment point for shipping on the St. Lawrence River needing to navigate the major rapids that existed just downstream until the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. With the completion of the Welland Canal in the 1920's, a grain elevator that had been constructed near Prescott in 1895 was rendered inadequate. As a result, work was started on the current Port of Johnstown (then called the Port of Prescott) in 1928. In 1931 the new port was opened to facilitate the transfer of grain from the larger ships from the Great Lakes to smaller ships that could pass through the smaller locks by-passing the rapids between Prescott and Montreal. The grain elevator, built on wooden piles, continues to be used although the port's function as a trans-shipment point was largely rendered obsolete with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. In fact, grain storage facilities have been expanded since ownership of the port has passed to the Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal. A view from the west of the original National Harbours Board Prescott grain elevator Additional grain storage facilities at the port as seen from the top of the old grain elevator Railway sidings at the port The Johnstown International Bridge connecting to Ogdensburg, N.Y. as seen from the port