Welland Canal

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canal ship canal

The Welland Canal is a key Canadian shipping canal that allows vessels to bypass Niagara Falls by connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Welland Canal canonical	23
Welland Canal locks	2
Lake Ontario entrance of the Welland Canal	1
Welland Canal aqueduct	1
Welland Canal entrance	1
Welland Canal infrastructure	1
Welland Canal mainline	1
Welland Recreational Canal	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ ship canal ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	recreational boating ⓘ
bypasses	Niagara Falls ⓘ
connects	Lake Erie ⓘ Lake Ontario ⓘ
constructionBegan	1824 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crossesUnder	Welland River ⓘ
currentVersionOpened	1932 ⓘ
designedFor	Seawaymax vessels ⓘ
elevationChange	about 99 metres ⓘ
enables	through navigation between upper Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
followsAlong	Niagara Escarpment ⓘ
hasAdjacentInfrastructure	bridges ⓘ service roads ⓘ
hasBypass	Welland By-Pass ⓘ
hasFeature	flight locks at Thorold ⓘ
hasLockCount	8 ⓘ
hasTraffic	bulk cargo vessels ⓘ container and general cargo ships ⓘ cruise ships ⓘ
historicalSignificance	facilitated industrial development in Niagara region ⓘ
isEngineeringWorkOf	19th and 20th century Canadian civil engineering ⓘ
isImportantFor	grain exports from the Prairies ⓘ iron ore and coal transport ⓘ
isSectionOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system
length	about 43 kilometres ⓘ
linkedTo	Great Lakes shipping industry ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ
locatedNear	city of Port Colborne, Ontario ⓘ St. Catharines ⓘ surface form: city of St. Catharines, Ontario Welland ⓘ surface form: city of Welland, Ontario
maintainedBy	St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam	about 23.8 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselDraft	about 8.2 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselLength	about 225.5 metres ⓘ
opened	1829 ⓘ
operator	St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation ⓘ
ownedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
partOf	Great Lakes waterway ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence Seaway
primaryUse	commercial shipping ⓘ
region	Niagara Region ⓘ surface form: Niagara Peninsula
replaced	earlier Welland Ship Canal alignments ⓘ
seasonalOperation	typically late March to late December ⓘ
terminusAt	Port Colborne on Lake Erie ⓘ Port Weller on Lake Ontario ⓘ
waterwayType	lock-controlled canal ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Lake Erie → outflowsTo → Welland Canal ⓘ

Lake Ontario → connectedBy → Welland Canal ⓘ

St. Catharines → traversedBy → Welland Canal ⓘ

Welland → locatedOnWaterway → Welland Canal ⓘ

Welland → namedAfter → Welland Canal ⓘ

Welland → crossedBy → Welland Canal ⓘ

Great Lakes waterway → hasPart → Welland Canal ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Lakes Waterway

Niagara Region → hasLandmark → Welland Canal ⓘ

Niagara Region → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Welland Canal ⓘ

Port Weller on Lake Ontario → locatedAtMouthOf → Welland Canal ⓘ