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== Locks in the St. Lawrence River == {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Iroquois Locks.JPG | width1 = 199 | alt1 = | caption1 = Iroquois Locks | image2 = Beauharnois Lock.png | width2 = 175 | alt2 = | link2 = https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauharnois_Lock.png | caption2 = Beauharnois Lock | image3 = St. Lambert Lock.png | width3 = 85 | link3 = https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Lambert_Lock.png | caption3 = St. Lambert Lock | footer = }} There are seven [[lock (water transport)|locks]] in the St. Lawrence River portion of the seaway. From downstream to upstream they are:<ref name="SeawayMap">{{cite web |url=http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/navigating/map/index.html |title=Seaway System |website=Greatlakes-seaway.com |access-date=2016-11-25 |archive-date=2010-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612101610/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/navigating/map/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- only 6 locks listed--> # St. Lambert Lock—[[Saint Lambert, Quebec|Saint Lambert]], [[Quebec|QC]] # Côte Ste. Catherine Lock—[[Sainte-Catherine, Quebec|Sainte-Catherine]], QC # Beauharnois Locks (two locks)—[[Melocheville, Quebec|Melocheville]], QC, at {{coord|45|18|12.6|N|73|55|36.5|W}} and {{coord|45|19|0.1|N|73|55|6.6|W}} # Snell Lock—[[Massena (town), New York|Massena]], [[New York (state)|NY]] # [[Eisenhower Lock]]—[[Massena (town), New York|Massena]], NY # Iroquois Lock—[[South Dundas, Ontario|Iroquois]], [[Ontario|ON]], at {{coord|44|49|48|N|75|18|46.8|W}} Water Level Elevations: * Lake Ontario is {{convert|243|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through Iroquois Lock is {{convert|1|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * Lake St. Lawrence is {{convert|242|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through Eisenhower Lock is {{convert|38|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * The Wiley-Dondero Canal is {{convert|204|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through Snell Lock is {{convert|45|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * Lake St. Francis is {{convert|159|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level . * The drop through Upper Beauharnois Lock is {{convert|41|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * The Beauharnois Canal is {{convert|118|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through Lower Beauharnois Lock is {{convert|41|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * Lake St. Louis is {{convert|77|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through Côte Ste. Catherine Lock is {{convert|30|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * Laprairie Basin is {{convert|47|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level. * The drop through St. Lambert Lock is {{convert|15|ft|1|abbr=on}}. * The drop through the Lachine Rapids is a few feet. * Montreal Harbour is approximately {{convert|30|ft|1|abbr=on}} above sea level.
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