Sambre–Oise Canal

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The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise 2
Sambre–Oise Canal canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
navigable waterway
connectsTo Oise River
Sambre River
linked to: Sambre
country France
hasFrenchName Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise
linked to: Sambre–Oise Canal
hasFunction link between Sambre and Oise river basins
hasHeritageAspect World War I battlefield landscape
hasInfrastructureType lock canal
hasLanguageOfName French
hasTransportRole link between northern France and Paris basin
hasWaterwayType canalized river connection
historicallyNotedFor being the area where Wilfred Owen was killed in action in 1918
isPartOfRoute European inland waterway routes
locatedIn Aisne department
linked to: Aisne (department)

Ardennes department
Hauts-de-France
northern France
linked to: Hauts-de-France
namedAfter Oise River
Sambre River
linked to: Sambre
notablePersonAssociated Wilfred Owen
partOf French inland waterway network
region Picardy
Thiérache
significantEvent death of Wilfred Owen
usedDuring World War I
usedFor commercial transport
inland navigation
recreational boating
waterwaySystem Oise basin
linked to: Oise

Sambre basin
linked to: Sambre

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Wilfred Owen placeOfDeath Sambre–Oise Canal
Ors Communal Cemetery locatedNear Sambre–Oise Canal
Sambre–Oise Canal hasFrenchName Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise
linked to: Sambre–Oise Canal
Sambre hasCanalSection Canal de la Sambre à l’Oise
linked to: Sambre–Oise Canal