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Welland Canal

British  
/ ˈwɛlənd /

noun

  1. Also called: Welland Ship Canal.  a canal in S Canada, in Ontario, linking Lake Erie to Lake Ontario: part of the St Lawrence Seaway, with eight locks. Length: 44 km (28 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A major bottleneck is the closed Welland Canal in Ontario.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

I grew up in St. Catharines, where there are all these leftover bits of the Welland Canal — the canal went through four different routes through time.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2022

The first Welland Canal was dug between Lake Erie and Ontario in 1829.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2016

In 1921 it appeared in Lake Erie, presumably detouring Niagara Falls via the Welland Canal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first two divisions are to assemble at Silvercreek, Michigan—the first one seizing the Welland Canal and the second capturing Wind Mill Point, Ontario.

From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson

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