Colonial Architecture Project

Photos of European colonial architecture around the world

by Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada

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Merrickville, Blockhouse

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Canal built 1826-1832. Oldest continuously operated canal system in North America. UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed 2007. One of four surviving blockhouses, built 1832-33.

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