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Welland Canal

Meaning of "Welland Canal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WELLAND CANAL

ˈwɛlənd


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WHAT DOES WELLAND CANAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Traversing the Niagara Peninsula from Port Weller to Port Colborne, the canal forms a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway, enabling ships to ascend and descend the Niagara Escarpment and bypass Niagara Falls. Approximately 40,000,000 tonnes of cargo are carried through the Welland Canal annually by a traffic of about 3,000 ocean and Great Lakes vessels. This canal was a major factor in the growth of the city of Toronto. The original canal and its successors allowed goods from Great Lakes ports such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago, as well as heavily industrialized areas of the United States and Ontario, to be shipped to the port of Montreal or to Quebec City, where they were usually reloaded onto ocean-going vessels for international shipping. By providing a relatively short and direct connection to Lake Erie, the Welland Canal eclipsed other, narrower canals in the region as...

Definition of Welland Canal in the English dictionary

The definition of Welland Canal in the dictionary is 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 Also called: Welland Ship Canal.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Welland Canal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Welland Canal» into 25 languages

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韦兰运河
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland नहर
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قناة ويلاند
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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ওয়েলন্ড খাল
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Canal Welland
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Terusan Welland
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Welland-Kanal
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ウェランド運河
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웰 랜드 운하
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Terusan Welland
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Welland kênh
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வெல்டன் கேனல்
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वेलंड कॅनल
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Welland Kanalı
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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Welland Canal
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELLAND CANAL»

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The Welland Canals and Their Communities: Engineering, ...
An examination of the role and contributions of the four Welland Canals to the development of Niagara Peninsula communities.
John N. Jackson, 1997
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The Statutes of the Province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]: ...
Provision for compensating the Welland canal company for the water to be taken for the branch canal. Arbitration. Welland canal company may decline to accept the sum so awarded in which case the company and stock created by this apt ...
Ontario, James Nickalls (Jr.), Hugh C. Thomson, 1831
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Report from the Select Committee ...: together with the ...
To the President and Directors of the Welland Canal Company. '• Gentlemen, . . Agreeably t» the provisions of ' the late Welland Canal Act, I hereby notify \ ou that I intend withdrawing the Stock subscribed by me, under the Act of 1824.
Province of Ontario. Welland Canal Committee, 1836
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Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence ...
Construction of the first Welland Canal began in 1824, the year before the Erie Canal opened. With the project safely under way, Merritt unveiled his most ambitious plan: a project to improve the locks and canals in the St. Lawrence River, ...
Jeff Alexander, 2011
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Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada ...
Report on petition of the Welland Canal Company, praying for a loan, (1830) 30. Considered; Report three Resolutions; .Bill ordered, 55. See Navigations, 101. 518. Report on petition of the Welland Canal Company, praying for a further loan,  ...
Ontario. Parliament. House of Assembly, 1848
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A Respectable Ditch: A History of the Trent Severn Waterway, ...
But the main opposition came from the directors and shareholders of the Welland Canal Company, many of whom were members of the Family Compact. Ever since its opening in 1829, the Welland Canal had experienced financial difficulty.
James T. Angus, 1998
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Report of the Committee of the Commons House of Assembly of ...
to consider, is, shall we be enabled to draw a fair proportion of the product of this immense and populous country, through the Welland Canal. A few years since, the advocates of the Welland Canal were ridiculed for asserting this opinion.
Ontario. Parliament. House of assembly. Committee on the Welland canal petition, 1834
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The St. Lawrence River
At his death, he was remembered as the father of the Welland Canal. Over the century that followed,the Welland Canal underwent several key changes and improvements. Its second expansion began in 1842 and was completed in 1845;  ...
Tim McNeese, 2004
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Alien Species in North America and Hawaii
The Welland Canal, with a series of forty locks, enabled both canal boats and schooners to enter the upper Great Lakes. The passage required a day or more to negotiate the 326-foot change in elevation between the lakes. In 1845 and 1887, ...
George W. Cox, 1999
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Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792-1854
39 The completion of the Welland Canal around Niagara Falls in 1829 and its enlargement in 1841, together with the canalization of the St. Lawrence, once more placed Canadian markets in competition for the trade of the Old Northwest and ...
Ronald E. Shaw, 1966

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELLAND CANAL»

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Ship-shape weekend for Canal Days
The 37th annual Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival will feature tall ships, ... Tours on Lake Erie from West St. along the Welland Canal will continue over the ... «Welland Tribune, Jul 15»
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Police divers searching for man encased in cement in Welland Canal
Niagara police divers will be searching the waters of the Welland Canal for a missing Mississauga man who police believe has been murdered. Toronto police ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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GO train delayed by ship traffic in Welland Canal
A GO train from Union Station to Niagara Falls was delayed about 25 minutes on Saturday due to ship traffic in the Welland Canal, but Niagara Falls Mayor Jim ... «Niagara Falls Review, Jul 15»
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Fuel spill results in Welland Canal closure
Navigation was suspended on the Welland Canal after 100 to 150 litres of fuel oil spilled while Canada Steamship Lines vessel Atlantic Huron was refuelling in ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jun 15»
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Captain John's makes canal voyage
Captain John's floating restaurant, a landmark on the Toronto waterfront, is prepared to be towed across Lake Ontario and through the Welland Canal to Port ... «Welland Tribune, May 15»
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Dog killer capable of escalating to humans: Cops
WELLAND, Ont. -- The person responsible for the death of a German shepherd found hog-tied in the Welland Canal could be capable of escalating violence to ... «Toronto Sun, May 15»
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Welland Canal opens for 2015 season
Marty Fallon, chief executive officer of St. Mary's Cement, said his ships and other vessels supplied by Algoma are expected to pass through the Welland Canal ... «Niagara Gazette, Apr 15»
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Prayer, fun and games usher in canal season
... and local marine industry with the start of the Welland Canal shipping season. ... For example, it was Franz von Papen who once plotted to blow up the canal, ... «Welland Tribune, Mar 15»
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Dog's canal rescue caught on video
The tale of a two-year-old Siberian husky trapped on the Welland Canal in Port Colborne came to a happy ending. Within minutes of the story and photos about ... «Welland Tribune, Mar 15»
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Man rescued from 10-metre hole near Welland Canal
O'Hara was walking in an area of an old Seaway wall with his family when he fell into the hole east of the Welland Canal while geocaching, an outdoor ... «Toronto Sun, Mar 15»
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