A part of the St. Lawrence Seaway is blocked after a cargo vessel ran aground south of Montreal due to mechanical failure.
The accident occurred on Thursday evening, blocking maritime traffic along the passage close to the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake.
The Dutch ship Heemskerkgraacht was on its way to Spain and was turning along Lake Saint-Louis to go back to Montreal when its engine stopped working and it moved near the riverbank and got stuck.
There are plans to...