Mount Macdonald Tunnel
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Mount Macdonald Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, that carries Canadian Pacific Railway trains through the Selkirk Mountains as part of a key transcontinental route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Macdonald Tunnel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9490898 — 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: Mount Macdonald Tunnel Context triple: [Canadian Pacific Railway, notableStructure, Mount Macdonald Tunnel]
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A.
Robertson Tunnel
Robertson Tunnel is a major light rail tunnel in Portland, Oregon, carrying MAX trains through the West Hills between downtown and the city’s western suburbs.
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B.
George Massey Tunnel
The George Massey Tunnel is a highway traffic tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, that carries vehicles beneath the Fraser River between Richmond and Delta.
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C.
Bopeep Tunnel
Bopeep Tunnel is a railway tunnel in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line through the coastal cliffs near St Leonards.
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D.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
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E.
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a combined rail and highway tunnel in Alaska that provides the only road access to the town of Whittier through the Chugach Mountains.
- 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: Mount Macdonald Tunnel Target entity description: Mount Macdonald Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, that carries Canadian Pacific Railway trains through the Selkirk Mountains as part of a key transcontinental route.
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A.
Robertson Tunnel
Robertson Tunnel is a major light rail tunnel in Portland, Oregon, carrying MAX trains through the West Hills between downtown and the city’s western suburbs.
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B.
George Massey Tunnel
The George Massey Tunnel is a highway traffic tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, that carries vehicles beneath the Fraser River between Richmond and Delta.
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C.
Bopeep Tunnel
Bopeep Tunnel is a railway tunnel in East Sussex, England, carrying the Tonbridge–Hastings line through the coastal cliffs near St Leonards.
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D.
Bosley Tunnel
Bosley Tunnel is a historic narrowboat canal tunnel in Cheshire, England, forming part of the Macclesfield Canal navigation route.
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E.
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is a combined rail and highway tunnel in Alaska that provides the only road access to the town of Whittier through the Chugach Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail infrastructure
ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses |
Rogers Pass area
ⓘ
linked to:
Rogers Pass
|
| electrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Selkirk Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Selkirk Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rogers Pass ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Macdonald ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| operator | Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| owner | Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian Pacific Railway main line
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian Pacific Railway mainline
transcontinental rail route ⓘ |
| purpose |
freight rail traffic
ⓘ
transcontinental rail traffic ⓘ |
| railwayLineUsed | Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| region | Columbia Mountains ⓘ |
| significance |
key link in Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental route
ⓘ
major rail tunnel in western Canada ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | single track ⓘ |
| usedFor |
heavy freight trains
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long-distance trains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mount Macdonald Tunnel Description of subject: Mount Macdonald Tunnel is a major railway tunnel in British Columbia, Canada, that carries Canadian Pacific Railway trains through the Selkirk Mountains as part of a key transcontinental route.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.