Rideau Canal

E29203
UNESCO World Heritage Site canal historic site waterway

The Rideau Canal is a historic waterway in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
Rideau Canal canonical 69
Rideau Canal National Historic Site 3
Rideau Canal lock system 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
canal ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connects Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
connectsWaterBody Lake Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa River ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
constructionStartDate 1826 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentUse recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
designedBy John By ⓘ
era 19th century engineering ⓘ
hasLock Jones Falls Locks ⓘ
Kingston Mills Locks ⓘ
Merrickville Locks ⓘ
Rideau Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa Locks

Smiths Falls Locks ⓘ
hasStructureType canal cuts ⓘ
dams ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
locks ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1832 ⓘ
knownFor being one of the oldest continuously operated canals in North America ⓘ
historic stone locks and lockstations ⓘ
winter skating rink in Ottawa ⓘ
length approximately 202 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
maintainedBy National Capital Commission ⓘ
surface form: National Capital Commission (for Skateway in Ottawa)
namedAfter Rideau River ⓘ
numberOfLocks over 40 ⓘ
operator Parks Canada ⓘ
partOf St. Lawrence watershed ⓘ
passesThrough Merrickville ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Pilbara region ⓘ
surface form: Perth region

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Rideau Lakes region

Smiths Falls, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Smiths Falls
primaryPurpose commercial navigation ⓘ
military route ⓘ
skatewayLength approximately 7.8 kilometres ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2007 ⓘ
winterAttraction Rideau Canal Skateway ⓘ
winterUse skating ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

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

Ontario → containsLandmark → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Ottawa → hasLandmark → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Ottawa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston → waterwayConnectedTo → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Fort Henry → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal defensive system
Eastern Ontario → containsWaterBody → Rideau Canal ⓘ
National Arts Centre → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Parliament Hill → near → Rideau Canal ⓘ
ByWard Market → adjacentTo → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Shaw Centre → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Shaw Centre → hasViewOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Canal → hasLock → Rideau Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottawa Locks
Baron Rideau → namedAfter → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Ottawa Centre → contains → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal (central section)
Ottawa Centre → borderedBy → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → containsWaterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Carleton University → campusBorderedBy → Rideau Canal ⓘ
National Capital Region → hasMajorWaterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: National Capital Region (Canada)
Rideau River → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau River → formsPartOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal system
Rideau River → associatedWith → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Rideau Canal
Senate of Canada Building → nearbyLandmark → Rideau Canal ⓘ
National Capital Region of Canada → hasMajorWaterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston Fortifications → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston Fortifications → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site
Parks Canada → responsibleFor → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal National Historic Site
Frontenac County (census division) → hasWaterBody → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal system
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Fortifications
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Fortifications
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal World Heritage Site
Kingston Fortifications (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site component) → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Fortifications
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville → hasWaterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Centre national des Arts → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
John By → notableWork → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Centre → nearbyLandmark → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston harbour → connectsWith → Rideau Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston Harbour
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal entrance at Kingston
Rideau station → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
ByWard Market Square → near → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Centretown → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Ottawa City Hall → nearbyFeature → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Canal Skateway → occupies → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Canal Skateway → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Canal Skateway → followsWatercourse → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Rideau Canal Skateway → locatedInProtectedArea → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ottawa Convention Centre → locatedNear → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Ottawa Convention Centre → overlooks → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston Mills Locks → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Kingston Mills Locks → waterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Jones Falls Locks → locatedIn → Rideau Canal ⓘ
Jones Falls Locks → partOf → Rideau Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rideau Canal lock system
Jones Falls Locks → waterway → Rideau Canal ⓘ