Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Great Lakes Waterway

Index Great Lakes Waterway

The Great Lakes Waterway is a system of natural channels and canals which enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1]

30 relations: Atlantic Ocean, Boatnerd, Canal, Chicago, Civil engineering, Detroit River, Draft (hull), Duluth, Minnesota, Federal government of the United States, Fresh water, Great Lakes, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Icebreaker, Lake Erie, Lake freighter, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, Lock (water navigation), Niagara Falls, Politics of Canada, Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Soo Locks, St. Clair River, St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), Straits of Mackinac, United States Coast Guard, Welland Canal.

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Atlantic Ocean · See more »

Boatnerd

The boatnerd corporation, a registered not for profit corporation, circulates information about vessels that ply the North American Great Lakes.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Boatnerd · See more »

Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Canal · See more »

Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Chicago · See more »

Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, and railways.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Civil engineering · See more »

Detroit River

The Detroit River (Rivière Détroit) flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Detroit River · See more »

Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Draft (hull) · See more »

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a major port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Saint Louis County.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Duluth, Minnesota · See more »

Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Federal government of the United States · See more »

Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Fresh water · See more »

Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Great Lakes · See more »

Gulf of Saint Lawrence

The Gulf of Saint Lawrence (French: Golfe du Saint-Laurent) is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Gulf of Saint Lawrence · See more »

Icebreaker

An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Icebreaker · See more »

Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the eleventh-largest globally if measured in terms of surface area.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake Erie · See more »

Lake freighter

Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes of North America.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake freighter · See more »

Lake Huron

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake Huron · See more »

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake Ontario · See more »

Lake St. Clair

Lake St.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake St. Clair · See more »

Lake Superior

Lake Superior (Lac Supérieur; ᑭᑦᒉᐁ-ᑲᒣᐁ, Gitchi-Gami) is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lake Superior · See more »

Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Lock (water navigation) · See more »

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Niagara Falls · See more »

Politics of Canada

The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Politics of Canada · See more »

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Saint Lawrence River · See more »

Saint Lawrence Seaway

The Saint Lawrence Seaway (la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as the western end of Lake Superior.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Saint Lawrence Seaway · See more »

Soo Locks

The Soo Locks (sometimes spelled Sault Locks, but pronounced "sue") are a set of parallel locks which enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Soo Locks · See more »

St. Clair River

The St.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and St. Clair River · See more »

St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)

The St.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) · See more »

Straits of Mackinac

The Straits of Mackinac is a series of narrow waterways in the U.S. state of Michigan, between Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Straits of Mackinac · See more »

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and United States Coast Guard · See more »

Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

New!!: Great Lakes Waterway and Welland Canal · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Waterway

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »