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Murray Canal (western entrance)

Brighton, ON K0K 1H0, Canada
Address is taken from a point 252 yards away.

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Murray Canal (western entrance) is a minor waterways place at the junction of the Murray Canal (Western Approach Route) with the Murray Canal - (Main Line).

Brighton (Access to the Murray Canal) is on Lake Ontario (Northern route), 5.50 miles to the southeast. Trent-Severn - Quinte Junction (Junction of the Trent-Severn Canal and the Bay of Quinte) is on the Bay of Quinte, 7.70 miles to the northeast.

The nearest place in the direction of Trent-Severn - Quinte Junction is Brighton Road Swing Bridge; 1 mile away.

Mooring here is unrated.

Murray Canal (Western Approach Route)
	Brighton	5.50 miles
	Murray Canal (western entrance)

Murray Canal - (Main Line)
	Murray Canal (western entrance)
	Brighton Road Swing Bridge	1 mile
	Carrying Place Swing Bridge	4.35 miles
	Murray Canal (eastern entrance)	5.20 miles

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The Murray Canal is a canal in the municipalities of Quinte West and Brighton, Ontario, Canada, and runs from the western end of the Bay of Quinte to Presqu'ile Bay on Lake Ontario. It is approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) in length and has maximum depth of 9 feet (2.7 m). The canal shortens the trip for boats wishing to access Lake Ontario from the central and western Bay of Quinte by avoiding having to go around the whole peninsula of Prince Edward County.

The canal was proposed as early as 1796 and land was set aside by the government of Upper Canada. However, the Welland Canal and the Rideau Canal were seen as more important and construction was delayed. Construction was begun in 1882 and because of problems with unstable banks it took until 1889 to complete the canal.

The canal is crossed by two swing bridges (Ontario Highway 33 and County Rd 64). An unused railway bridge is kept permanently open but the former CN Rail tracks have since been removed with the creation of the Millennium Trail. A swing bridge at Hutchison Road has been removed with only the bridge footings remaining.

The canal saw many years of use with coal and other commercial boats but with the advent in the 1950s of the Saint Lawrence Seaway the traffic declined. Since then there has been a steady rise in recreational use and today the Murray Canal is used by boaters who visit the Trent-Severn Waterway.

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