Welland Canal

British

/ ˈwɛlənd /

noun

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)

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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

Then I caught a cab to an older world in Port Colborne at the opposite end of the Welland Canal.

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 Welland Canal to be stopped immediately, and Colonel By to be recalled from the Rideau Canal.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

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