McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant
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The McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant was a futuristic, barge-based fast-food outlet built for Vancouver’s Expo 86 that became an iconic but later abandoned symbol of the fair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11590063 — 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: McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant Context triple: [Expo 86, notableAttraction, McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant]
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A.
Bricktown Water Taxi
Bricktown Water Taxi is a popular guided boat tour service that transports visitors along the Bricktown Canal in Oklahoma City, offering sightseeing, history, and entertainment.
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B.
Liberty Square Riverboat
Liberty Square Riverboat is a scenic paddlewheel boat attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom that offers guests a leisurely cruise around the Rivers of America with views of Frontierland and Liberty Square.
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C.
Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges
Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges is a whitewater rafting-style water ride themed to the Popeye cartoon characters, located at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
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D.
Colonel Paddlewheel Boat
Colonel Paddlewheel Boat is a classic-style paddlewheel excursion vessel at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, offering scenic cruises and sightseeing tours.
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E.
Pirate Galleon (Disneyland Paris)
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- 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: McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant Target entity description: The McBarge floating McDonald's restaurant was a futuristic, barge-based fast-food outlet built for Vancouver’s Expo 86 that became an iconic but later abandoned symbol of the fair.
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A.
Bricktown Water Taxi
Bricktown Water Taxi is a popular guided boat tour service that transports visitors along the Bricktown Canal in Oklahoma City, offering sightseeing, history, and entertainment.
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B.
Liberty Square Riverboat
Liberty Square Riverboat is a scenic paddlewheel boat attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom that offers guests a leisurely cruise around the Rivers of America with views of Frontierland and Liberty Square.
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C.
Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges
Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges is a whitewater rafting-style water ride themed to the Popeye cartoon characters, located at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
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D.
Colonel Paddlewheel Boat
Colonel Paddlewheel Boat is a classic-style paddlewheel excursion vessel at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, offering scenic cruises and sightseeing tours.
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E.
Pirate Galleon (Disneyland Paris)
Pirate Galleon (Disneyland Paris) is a large, themed pirate ship play area and iconic photo spot in Adventureland, evoking classic swashbuckling adventures for guests to explore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Expo 86 attraction
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barge ⓘ floating restaurant ⓘ former McDonald's restaurant ⓘ |
| access | via gangways from shore ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Friendship 500 ⓘ |
| brand |
McDonald's
ⓘ
linked to:
McDonald’s
|
| builtFor | Expo 86 ⓘ |
| condition | derelict for many years after Expo 86 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel barge hull ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
local landmark
ⓘ
urban exploration site ⓘ |
| designedAs |
futuristic fast-food restaurant
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self-contained floating structure ⓘ |
| designedBy | architects commissioned by McDonald's Canada ⓘ |
| designedTo | be relocatable after Expo 86 ⓘ |
| event | Expo 86 ⓘ |
| feature |
glass walls
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modernist interior ⓘ onboard kitchen ⓘ walkways for customer access ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | unofficial cultural icon of Vancouver ⓘ |
| industry | fast food ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
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Burrard Inlet ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | subject of news reports about abandonment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Expo 86
ⓘ
being a floating McDonald's restaurant ⓘ futuristic architectural style ⓘ long-term abandonment after the fair ⓘ |
| openedDuring |
Expo 86 world’s fair
ⓘ
linked to:
Expo 86
|
| openingYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
McDonald's
ⓘ
linked to:
McDonald’s
|
| ownership | private owners after Expo 86 ⓘ |
| postExpoLocation |
Burrard Inlet near Vancouver
ⓘ
linked to:
Burrard Inlet
|
| purpose | fast-food service to Expo 86 visitors ⓘ |
| served |
fries
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hamburgers ⓘ soft drinks ⓘ standard McDonald's menu items ⓘ |
| statusAfterExpo |
abandoned
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closed ⓘ |
| structureType | two-storey barge ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
1980s McDonald's brand image
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futuristic design at Expo 86 ⓘ |
| theme | transportation and communication ⓘ |
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Instruction
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