Delaware Canal
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The Delaware Canal is a historic 19th-century towpath canal running along the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania, now preserved as a recreational corridor for walking, biking, and boating.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Delaware Canal canonical | 9 |
| Delaware Canal (via approaches) | 1 |
| Delaware Canal corridor | 1 |
| Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12547440 — 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: Delaware Canal Context triple: [Northampton County, Pennsylvania, hasFeature, Delaware Canal]
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Cape May Canal
Cape May Canal is a man-made waterway in southern New Jersey that forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, providing a sheltered navigation route between the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
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C.
Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
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D.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
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E.
Dismal Swamp Canal
The Dismal Swamp Canal is one of the oldest continually operating man-made canals in the United States, historically used for transportation through the Great Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.
- 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: Delaware Canal Target entity description: The Delaware Canal is a historic 19th-century towpath canal running along the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania, now preserved as a recreational corridor for walking, biking, and boating.
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A.
Cape May Canal
Cape May Canal is a man-made waterway in southern New Jersey that forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, providing a sheltered navigation route between the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
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C.
Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
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D.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
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E.
Dismal Swamp Canal
The Dismal Swamp Canal is one of the oldest continually operating man-made canals in the United States, historically used for transportation through the Great Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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