Cape May Canal

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Cape May Canal is a man-made waterway in southern New Jersey that forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, providing a sheltered navigation route between the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
man-made waterway ⓘ
connects Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Delaware Bay ⓘ
constructedDuring World War II ⓘ
constructionPurpose to improve military and commercial navigation safety ⓘ
to provide a protected inland route for coastal shipping ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endPoint near Cape May Harbor and Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
formsPartOf inland route between Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasBankType bulkheaded sections ⓘ
natural shoreline sections ⓘ
hasCrossing Cape May Canal Bridge (Garden State Parkway) ⓘ
Ocean Drive bridge ⓘ
Route 109 bridge ⓘ
hasFeature fixed highway bridges ⓘ
tidal current ⓘ
hasHazard strong tidal currents at inlets ⓘ
hasLock no ⓘ
hasNavigationRestriction bridge clearance limits vessel height ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility Cape May Harbor ⓘ
U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May ⓘ
jurisdiction federal navigation project ⓘ
locatedIn Cape May County, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Cape May County

southern New Jersey ⓘ
maintainedBy United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
mouthLocation near Cape May Harbor ⓘ
navigable yes ⓘ
near City of Cape May ⓘ
Lower Township, New Jersey ⓘ
openedForNavigation 1942 ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
linked to: Cape May Canal
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
separates Cape May from mainland Cape May County ⓘ
startPoint near Delaware Bay ⓘ
state New Jersey ⓘ
usedBy pleasure craft ⓘ
small commercial vessels ⓘ
usedFor commercial navigation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayRole sheltered navigation route ⓘ
waterwaySystem U.S. Intracoastal Waterway system ⓘ
waterwayType tidal canal ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Cape May Ferry Terminal → adjacentTo → Cape May Canal ⓘ
Cape May Canal → partOf → New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
linked to: Cape May Canal
Cape May Harbor → connectedTo → Cape May Canal ⓘ
Waterways of New Jersey → hasPart → Intracoastal Waterway (New Jersey section) ⓘ
linked to: Cape May Canal
Cape Island → separatedFromMainlandBy → Cape May Canal ⓘ