Seine River Steamers The Élise was the first steam ship to cross the English Channel. She was bought in England 1814 by Pierre Andriel as" Margery", and renamed "Élise". Andriel intended to accomplish a spectacular crossing of the Channel to convince public opinion that steam ships could be ocean-worthy. She sailed up the Seine and arrived in Paris on 28 March, becoming a popular sensation. Two small saluting guns were mounted at the bow and fired in honour of Louis XVIII Early tugs used chains in the river to tow trains of barges up river. The low steam pressure and low power of
Kauskatitineu River its source, the Kauskatitineu River flows on according to the following segments: The Kauskatitineu River flows into a bay on the west shore of Du Tast Lake. This lake in turn drains into Dana Lake (Eeyou Istchee Baie-James) which empties into a bay west of Evans Lake; this last stretch of water is crossed to the North by the Broadback River. The mouth of the Kauskatitineu River is located at: North of downtown Matagami. Of Cree origin, the toponym "Kauskatitineu river" means: "the river where there are young branches". The toponym "Kauskatitineu River" was formalized on October 5, 1982 at