The Wiley-Dondero Canal is a section of the St. Lawrence Seaway in

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, United States, with a length of . The

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planned and supervised the Wiley-Dondero Canal to bypass the

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. Actual construction was performed by Peter Kiewit Sons Co., Morrison-Knudsen Co., Perini Corp., Utah Construction Co., and Walsh Construction Co. It is located near

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. The seaway provides a total lift of from the

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and the Bertrand H. Snell Lock, which are the two locks in the canal. Originally known as the Long Sault Canal, it was later renamed the Wiley-Dondero Canal. Construction was complicated by the need to not interrupt the waterflow to nearby

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installations.

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