Great Lakes waterway

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navigable waterway transportation infrastructure waterway system

The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
St. Lawrence Seaway	40
Great Lakes waterway system	10
Great Lakes shipping routes	6
Great Lakes waterway canonical	6
Saint Lawrence Seaway	5
St. Lawrence Seaway corridor	2
St. Lawrence Seaway shipping channel	2
St. Lawrence–Great Lakes trade corridor	2
Great Lakes shipping	1
Great Lakes shipping lanes	1
Great Lakes transportation	1
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway	1
Huron-Erie Corridor	1
Lake Erie shipping lanes	1
Lake Michigan shipping lanes	1
Saint Lawrence Seaway infrastructure	1
St. Lawrence Seaway project	1
St. Lawrence Seaway shipping route	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T843812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Lakes waterway
Context triple: [Port Huron, Michigan, locatedOn, Great Lakes waterway]

A. Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
B. Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
C. Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
D. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
E. Champlain Canal
The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Lakes waterway
Target entity description: The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

A. Illinois Waterway system
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
B. Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
C. Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
D. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
E. Champlain Canal
The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	navigable waterway ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ waterway system ⓘ
connectsWith	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence Inland waterway system of North America ⓘ
enablesNavigationBetween	Great Lakes ⓘ Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
governedBy	binational agreements between Canada and the United States ⓘ
hasFeature	canals ⓘ channels ⓘ dams ⓘ locks ⓘ
hasPart	Detroit River ⓘ Great Lakes ⓘ Lake Erie ⓘ Lake Huron ⓘ Lake Michigan ⓘ Lake Ontario ⓘ Lake Superior ⓘ Niagara River ⓘ Saint Clair River ⓘ linked to: St. Clair River Saint Clair–Detroit River System ⓘ Saint Lawrence River ⓘ Saint Lawrence Seaway ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system Saint Marys Falls Canal ⓘ Saint Marys River ⓘ linked to: St. Marys River Soo Locks ⓘ Welland Canal ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ North America ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
navigableFor	lake freighters ⓘ ocean-going vessels (via Saint Lawrence Seaway) ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence Seaway system ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
supportsIndustry	grain export from North America ⓘ mining and ore transport ⓘ steel industry in Great Lakes region ⓘ
traverses	Michigan ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ New York ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada Wisconsin ⓘ
usedFor	bulk cargo transport ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ international trade ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ tourism ⓘ
waterwayType	system of artificial channels ⓘ system of natural channels ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port Huron, Michigan → locatedOn → Great Lakes waterway ⓘ

subject linked to: Port Huron, Michigan, United States

Eastern Ontario → containsWaterBody → St. Lawrence Seaway ⓘ