The Carillon Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec.
It preserves the historic Carillon Canal that was first built in the 1830s to facilitate travel on the Ottawa River.
It is a prominent heritage site and recreation area, visited annually by 20,000 pleasure boaters and 30,000 people who use its riverside park.
During this war, attacks along the Saint Lawrence River jeopardized the communication lines between Kingston and Montreal, the two main military positions of Upper and Lower Canada.
In 1819, Captain Henry Vernet of the Royal Corps of Engineering arrived from Britain to lead the construction of the project.