Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
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The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal canonical | 5 |
| Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13468118 — 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: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Context triple: [Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, waterway, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal]
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A.
Duluth Ship Canal
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
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B.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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D.
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a major industrial waterway in northwest Indiana that serves as a key shipping and steel-production hub on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
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E.
Portage Canal
Portage Canal is a man-made waterway in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that provides a navigable connection between Portage Lake and Lake Superior, historically important for regional shipping and mining.
- 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: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Target entity description: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
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A.
Duluth Ship Canal
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
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B.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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D.
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a major industrial waterway in northwest Indiana that serves as a key shipping and steel-production hub on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
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E.
Portage Canal
Portage Canal is a man-made waterway in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that provides a navigable connection between Portage Lake and Lake Superior, historically important for regional shipping and mining.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
man-made waterway
ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ |
| connects |
Green Bay
ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ Sturgeon Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasLighthouse |
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light
ⓘ
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light ⓘ
linked to:
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light
|
| hasMouth | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
lighthouses
ⓘ
piers ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light
ⓘ
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light ⓘ
linked to:
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Station ⓘ |
| hasTerminus |
Sturgeon Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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| isPartOf |
Sturgeon Bay harbor system
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Sturgeon Bay
|
| locatedIn |
Door County, Wisconsin
ⓘ
linked to:
Door County
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
City of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
ⓘ
linked to:
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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| locatedOnCoastOf |
Green Bay
ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
United States Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
| partOf |
Great Lakes navigation system
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
|
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commercial vessels
ⓘ
recreational vessels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial navigation
ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ |
| waterBody | connects Green Bay to Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| waterwayFunction | navigable shortcut between Green Bay and Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| waterwayType | navigation canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Description of subject: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal