Sambre–Oise Canal

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The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
navigable waterway
connectsTo Oise River
Sambre
surface form: "Sambre River"
country France
hasFrenchName Sambre–Oise Canal
surface form: "Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise"
hasFunction link between Sambre and Oise river basins
hasHeritageAspect World War I battlefield landscape
hasInfrastructureType lock canal
hasLanguageOfName French
hasTransportRole link between northern France and Paris basin
hasWaterwayType canalized river connection
historicallyNotedFor being the area where Wilfred Owen was killed in action in 1918
isPartOfRoute European inland waterway routes
locatedIn Aisne (department)
surface form: "Aisne department"

Ardennes department
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France
surface form: "northern France"
namedAfter Oise River
Sambre
surface form: "Sambre River"
notablePersonAssociated Wilfred Owen
partOf French inland waterway network
region Picardy
Thiérache
significantEvent death of Wilfred Owen
usedDuring World War I
usedFor commercial transport
inland navigation
recreational boating
waterwaySystem Oise
surface form: "Oise basin"

Sambre
surface form: "Sambre basin"

Referenced by (3)

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

Sambre–Oise Canal hasFrenchName Sambre–Oise Canal
this entity surface form: "Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise"
Ors Communal Cemetery locatedNear Sambre–Oise Canal
Wilfred Owen placeOfDeath Sambre–Oise Canal

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