Cape Cod Canal


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Cape Cod Canal

A waterway, about 28 km (17 mi) long, of southeast Massachusetts connecting Buzzards Bay with Cape Cod Bay, the southern part of Massachusetts Bay. The canal was built (1910-1914) to shorten the water route between New York and Boston.
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Noun1.Cape Cod Canal - a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards BayCape Cod Canal - a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay
Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
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