Murray Canal

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canal man-made waterway

The Murray Canal is a man-made waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides a navigable shortcut between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario as part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Murray Canal canonical	2
Murray Canal of the Trent–Severn Waterway	1
Trent Canal	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ man-made waterway ⓘ
connectedTo	Otonabee River ⓘ surface form: Trent River via Trent–Severn Waterway
connects	Bay of Quinte ⓘ Lake Ontario ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1882 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crosses	isthmus between Presqu’ile Bay and the Bay of Quinte ⓘ
currentlyPrimarilyUsedFor	pleasure craft ⓘ
governedBy	federal jurisdiction of Canada ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Murray Canal ⓘ surface form: Murray Canal of the Trent–Severn Waterway
hasBank	north bank in Northumberland County ⓘ south bank in Prince Edward County ⓘ
hasBridgeType	swing bridge ⓘ
hasEngineeringStructure	earth and rock cut canal ⓘ
hasFeature	controlled water levels via locks ⓘ navigational aids ⓘ swing bridges for road traffic ⓘ
hasFunction	provides navigable shortcut between Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario ⓘ
hasLock	Lock 1 of the Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
hasNavigationSeason	typically late spring to fall ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Presqu’ile Provincial Park ⓘ
hasNumberOfSwingBridges	2 ⓘ
hasSwingBridge	Brighton Road Swing Bridge ⓘ Carrying Place Swing Bridge ⓘ
historicalPurpose	improve commercial navigation in 19th century ⓘ shorten shipping route between Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte ⓘ
isPartOfRouteBetween	Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay via Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
length	approximately 8 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Northumberland County ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Prince Edward County ⓘ Quinte Region ⓘ surface form: Quinte region Eastern Ontario ⓘ surface form: eastern Ontario
maintainedBy	Parks Canada ⓘ
nearbyCommunity	Brighton, Ontario ⓘ Carrying Place, Ontario ⓘ
opened	1889 ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor	commercial shipping ⓘ
partOf	Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ surface form: National Historic Site of Canada Trent–Severn Waterway Trent–Severn Waterway ⓘ
region	Bay of Quinte area ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
usedFor	recreational boating ⓘ small commercial vessel navigation ⓘ
waterwayDirection	generally east–west ⓘ
waterwaySystem	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway system
waterwayType	navigation canal ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Edward County → connectedBy → Murray Canal ⓘ

Trent–Severn Waterway → hasPart → Murray Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trent Canal

Murray Canal → hasAlternativeName → Murray Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murray Canal of the Trent–Severn Waterway

Bay of Quinte → connectedTo → Murray Canal ⓘ