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- Shinnecock_Canal abstract "The Shinnecock Canal (also known as the Shinnecock and Peconic Canal) is a canal that cuts across the South Fork of Long Island at Hampton Bays, New York. At 4,700 feet (1,400 m) long, it connects Great Peconic Bay and the north fork of Long Island with Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The canal opened to traffic in 1892.Although "the Hamptons" officially begins about 10 miles (16 km) west at Westhampton, New York, the Shinnecock Canal in popular imagination marks the beginning of the Hamptons since traffic is funneled across two highway bridges (Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway) or the Long Island Rail Road bridge.Talk of building a canal on Shinnecock Creek had gone on for years and a popular myth says the Shinnecock Indian Nation and Montaukett Native Americans built the original canal in the 17th century. The canal’s location is specifically called Canoe Place because of this.A Canal lock system had to be built in 1919 to alleviate dramatic differences in height between the two bays. The Peconic Bay to the north can be three feet higher than Shinnecock Bay. Further, the two bays have opposite tide cycles.The lock system now is the only navigation lock operating on Long Island.The lock increased the salinity levels in Shinnecock Bay which had nearly assumed fresh water proportions and was resulting in a dying off of its shell fish population even though it was separated from the Atlantic by a narrow barrier island. Shinnecock Bay’s salinity levels were solidified during Great Hurricane of 1938 which broke through the barrier island to form Shinnecock Inlet almost due south of the canal. The new inlet has created a short cut to the Atlantic that is now used by 27,000 boats per year.The canal itself varies in width from 100 to 180 feet (30 to 55 m). The lock is 41 feet (12 m) wide and 250 feet (76 m) long. The lowest bridge is the fixed railroad bridge, with a height of 22 feet (6.7 m) vertical clearance above the water. The highway bridges have 23 feet (7.0 m) and 25 feet (7.6 m) vertical clearance.The name Canoe Place comes from the Indian word "Niamuck" which described a canoe portage from the north bay "Peconic" to the south bay "Shinnecock" & vice versa. That they carried their canoes seems to indicate that there was no water connection between these two bodies of water. There is no evidence that the Montauketts or Shinnecocks dug a canal, together or separately. The 1918 construction on the canal was of "Tide Gates" & bulkeading, not "Locks" as are in place today. This did not alleviate the difference in the hydrographic elevation but sought to mitigate it. Another effect of this as found in the records of the New York State Salt Water Bays Commission was the water level of Shinnecock Bay was raised by one foot.".
- Shinnecock_Canal district Southampton,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal region Suffolk_County,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal thumbnail Shinnecock-locks.jpg?width=300.
- Shinnecock_Canal type Canal.
- Shinnecock_Canal visitorsPerYear "26000".
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageExternalLink chapter12.htm.
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- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageLength "6183".
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- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageRevisionID "618306838".
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink 1938_New_England_hurricane.
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- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canoe_Place,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_opened_in_1892.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Southampton_(town),_New_York.
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- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Great_Peconic_Bay.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hampton_Bays,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hamptons.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Lock_(water_transport).
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Long_Island_Rail_Road.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Montauk_Highway.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Montaukett.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink New_York_State_Route_27.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Peconic_Bay.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Portage.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Shinnecock_Bay.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Shinnecock_Indian_Nation.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Shinnecock_Inlet.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink South_Fork,_Suffolk_County,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Southampton,_New_York.
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- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Sunrise_Highway.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink The_Hamptons.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Westhampton,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLink File:Shinneock-peconic.jpg.
- Shinnecock_Canal wikiPageWikiLinkText "Shinnecock Canal".
- Shinnecock_Canal category Canal.
- Shinnecock_Canal country "United States".
- Shinnecock_Canal district Southampton,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal district Southampton_(town),_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal established "1892".
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- Shinnecock_Canal height "22".
- Shinnecock_Canal heightType "Minimum vertical clearance".
- Shinnecock_Canal heightUnit "ft".
- Shinnecock_Canal imageCaption "Looking south toward the locks and Shinnecock Bay".
- Shinnecock_Canal latD "40".
- Shinnecock_Canal latM "53".
- Shinnecock_Canal latNs "N".
- Shinnecock_Canal latS "15".
- Shinnecock_Canal length "1.4".
- Shinnecock_Canal lengthRound "1".
- Shinnecock_Canal longD "72".
- Shinnecock_Canal longEw "W".
- Shinnecock_Canal longM "30".
- Shinnecock_Canal longS "5".
- Shinnecock_Canal map "New York blank.svg".
- Shinnecock_Canal mapLocator "New York".
- Shinnecock_Canal name "Shinnecock".
- Shinnecock_Canal region Suffolk_County,_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal river "Peconic Bay".
- Shinnecock_Canal river "Shinnecock Bay".
- Shinnecock_Canal riverType "Connecting".
- Shinnecock_Canal state "New York".
- Shinnecock_Canal visitation "26000".
- Shinnecock_Canal visitationDate "2006".
- Shinnecock_Canal visitationType "Passages".
- Shinnecock_Canal width "100".
- Shinnecock_Canal width "180".
- Shinnecock_Canal width "250".
- Shinnecock_Canal width "41".
- Shinnecock_Canal width1Type "Width max".
- Shinnecock_Canal width2Type "Lock length".
- Shinnecock_Canal width3Type "Lock width".
- Shinnecock_Canal widthType "Width min.".
- Shinnecock_Canal widthUnit "ft".
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- Shinnecock_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal subject Category:Canals_opened_in_1892.
- Shinnecock_Canal subject Category:Southampton_(town),_New_York.
- Shinnecock_Canal hypernym Canal.
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- Shinnecock_Canal type Article.
- Shinnecock_Canal type BodyOfWater.
- Shinnecock_Canal type Canal.
- Shinnecock_Canal type NaturalPlace.
- Shinnecock_Canal type Place.
- Shinnecock_Canal type Article.
- Shinnecock_Canal type Location.