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Marché Atwater is a public market located along the Lachine Canal in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough. The building, designed in Art Deco style, was inaugurated in 1933 and originally served as a municipal market during the Great Depression. The market houses numerous independent vendors specializing in...

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct spans the Vale of Llangymdyfarfa in North Wales. Constructed between 1799 and 1801 by Thomas Telford, it’s a remarkable feat of engineering transporting the Grand Canal across the River Dee and surrounding valleys. The structure utilizes cast iron to support a series of arc...

The Isthmus of Corinth is a narrow strip of land connecting the Peloponnese peninsula with mainland Greece across the Gulf of Corinth. Historically significant as a major trade route and site of the ancient Isthmian Games, it remains notable for its strategic location. The modern Corinth Canal, a 6....

The Dead of Jericho is a 1981 detective novel by Colin Dexter featuring Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis. Morse becomes interested in Anne Scott, a woman he meets at a party in Oxford's Jericho district, and later investigates after she is found dead in circumstances initially treated as suicide....

The Gulf of Suez is the northwestern arm of the Red Sea, lying between Egypt's mainland coast and the Sinai Peninsula. Its northern end meets the Suez Canal at the city of Suez, making the gulf part of the maritime route linking the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea; the canal opened in 1869. The gulf o...

The Gulf of Panama is a broad inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the southern coast of Panama. It contains smaller coastal indentations, including the Bay of Panama, and receives vessels approaching the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal near Balboa. The gulf is also associated with the Pearl Islands,...

The Amsterdam canals represent a significant historical and architectural achievement. Constructed primarily in the 17th century, this interconnected waterway system shaped the city’s development and remains a defining feature of its urban design. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cana...

The Briare Canal Bridge spans the Loire River in central France, transporting the Canal latéral à la Loire across a significant channel. Constructed in 1896, it is one of Europe’s longest canal bridges, featuring a steel arch design. The bridge serves waterway traffic and represents an impressive fe...

Metamora Grist Mill is an 1899 canal-powered gristmill in Metamora, Indiana, noted as Indiana's oldest operating grist mill.

Lake Hjälmaren is the fourth-largest lake in Sweden, covering approximately 478 square kilometers in the historical province of Närke, west of Stockholm. It is a relatively shallow freshwater lake connected to Lake Mälaren by the Hjälmare Canal, a waterway dating to the 17th century. The surrounding...

The Brindleyplace Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge in Birmingham, England, within the Brindleyplace mixed-use development beside the city’s canal network. It carries people across a canal and links public paths in an area created through the late-1990s regeneration of Birmingham’s canal quarter. Th...

Beloslav Lake is a shallow coastal lake in northeastern Bulgaria, near Varna. A navigable canal links it with Varna Lake, while the Varna waterway connects the system with the Black Sea. The lake is used mainly for commercial navigation, port operations, and related industrial infrastructure rather...