Welland Canal, Welland

Name: Welland Canal
Address: Welland, Canada

#5 among attractions in Welland

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The Welland Canal - bridge 13, or as more commonly known locally, the Welland bridge is a vertical lift bridge located in the heart of downtown Welland, Ontario. The bridge crosses an abandoned portion of the Welland Canal known as the Welland Recreational Waterway. ()

Opened: 1930 (94 years ago)Length: 232 ftWidth: 30 ftCoordinates: 42°59'30"N, 79°15'5"W

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Welland Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seaway Mall, Sparrow Lakes Golf Course, Canadian war memorials, Welland Recreational Waterway.

1.7 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Seaway Mall, Welland
43 min walk • Seaway Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Welland, Ontario, Canada. The mall has 500,000 square feet of space and includes tenants such as Sport Chek, Cineplex Entertainment, Winners and Shoppers Drug Mart.
2 miSW
42°58'42"N • 79°17'11"W
Sparrow Lakes Golf Course, Welland
51 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.9 miE
Memorial
Canadian war memorials, Welland
100 min walk • Canadian war memorials are buildings, monuments, and statues that commemorate the armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, the role of the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping operations, and Canadians who died or were injured in a war.
4.6 miN
Canal
Welland Recreational Waterway, Thorold
118 min walk • The Welland Recreational Waterway is a water channel in the city of Welland, Ontario, Canada. It is an old alignment of the Welland Ship Canal that was abandoned after the construction of the Welland By-Pass in the 1970s.
1.9 miS
Sport complex, Canal
Welland International Flatwater Centre, Welland
50 min walk • The Welland International Flatwater Centre is a current canoeing, kayaking and rowing facility in Welland, Ontario, Canada and was used for the 2013 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games.
6.6 miNW
Park, Tree
Comfort Maple, Pelham
170 min walk • The Comfort Maple tree is an individual sugar maple located in Comfort Maple Conservation Area in the Town of Pelham, Ontario. The tree is estimated to be about 500 years old. If correct, it would make this one of the oldest sugar maple trees in Canada. The tree is named for the Comfort family, who acquired the land in 1816.
1 miS
Bridge
Welland Canal, Welland
27 min walk • The Welland Canal Bridge 15 is a two-track Baltimore truss swing bridge located in the disused section of the Welland Canal within the city of Welland, Ontario. This section of canal is now known as the Welland Recreational Waterway. The bridge formerly carried the main line of the Canada Southern Railway over the canal.
3.2 miS
Neighbourhood
Dain City, Welland
81 min walk • Dain City is a small suburb at the southernmost part of Welland, Ontario, Canada. At one time, it was a mostly self-contained rural community at the junction of two significant rail lines, part of the Township of Humberstone, and was called Welland Junction.
3.7 miE
Neighbourhood
Cooks Mills, Welland
94 min walk • Cooks Mills is a small community in the easternmost part of the city of Welland in Ontario, Canada. It was established, and is still centred, on a Welland River tributary called Lyons Creek. It is almost entirely a bedroom community, as there are few employers located in the area.
2.4 miSE
Tunnel
Townline Tunnel, Welland
62 min walk • The Townline Tunnel is an underwater tunnel in Welland, Ontario, Canada carrying Highway 58A as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway under the Welland Canal.
1.8 miE
Tunnel
Main Street Tunnel, Welland
45 min walk • The Main Street Tunnel, located in Welland, Ontario, Canada, is an underwater tunnel, carrying Niagara Road 27 and the unsigned designation of Highway 7146 under the Welland Canal. It is named as a part of East Main Street. The structure was built as a part of the Welland By-Pass project.