Caen Canal

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canal man-made waterway

Caen Canal is a man-made waterway in Normandy, France, linking the city of Caen to the English Channel and notable for its strategic role during the D-Day landings in World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Canal de Caen à la mer 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
man-made waterway ⓘ
associatedWith British 6th Airborne Division ⓘ
Operation Overlord NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
connects Caen ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crossedBy Bénouville Bridge ⓘ
Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
feature straightened navigation channel between Caen and sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Blainville-sur-Orne ⓘ
Bénouville ⓘ
Hérouville-Saint-Clair ⓘ
governingBody French authorities ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Pegasus Bridge museum area ⓘ
hasLock Ouistreham lock ⓘ
historicalEvent D-Day landings NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
linkedWaterBody Orne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Calvados ⓘ
Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form: Normandy
locatedNear Sword Beach ⓘ
locatedOn Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy coast
mouthLocation Ouistreham ⓘ
nativeName Caen Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canal de Caen à la mer
nearbyCity Caen ⓘ
nearbyTown Ouistreham ⓘ
notableBridge Bénouville Bridge ⓘ
Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
notableFor historic Pegasus Bridge crossing ⓘ
role in D-Day operations ⓘ
openedToTraffic 19th century ⓘ
parallelTo Orne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caen ⓘ
surface form: Caen port system

Normandy waterways network ⓘ
region northwestern France ⓘ
strategicImportance access route from English Channel to Caen ⓘ
strategicRole secured early on D-Day by airborne troops ⓘ
terminus Caen ⓘ
Ouistreham ⓘ
transportFunction access to Caen docks ⓘ
usedDuring Normandy landings NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayType ship canal ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pegasus Bridge → crosses → Caen Canal ⓘ
Ouistreham → locatedAtTerminusOf → Caen Canal ⓘ
Caen Canal → nativeName → Caen Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canal de Caen à la mer
Sword Beach → nearbyFeature → Caen Canal ⓘ