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Welland

American  
[wel-uhnd] / ˈwɛl ənd /

noun

  1. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal.


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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 amphibious vehicle, which he said had seen operations in the Rhine, was one of 16 deployed to protect the town in March 1947 after floods caused the nearby River Welland to burst its banks.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2022

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as he delivers remarks at a campaign stop during his election campaign tour, at Valbruna ASW Inc. in Welland, Ontario, Canada September 6, 2021.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2021

Sometimes all the Welland and Castlemorton lot come over on their bikes and then the games are more like battles.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell