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Alexandra Canal (New South Wales)

Bayside CouncilCanals in AustraliaCanals opened in 1900Cooks RiverCreeks and canals of Sydney
Inner WestNew South Wales State Heritage RegisterUse Australian English from September 2012
Alexandra Canal with CBD
Alexandra Canal with CBD

The Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River, is a heritage-listed artificial waterway in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandra Canal was named after Princess Alexandra, who married Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in 1863. The canal is Sydney's first inbound waterway. It stretches 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the inner Sydney suburb of Alexandria, flowing through the suburbs of St Peters and Mascot, past Sydney's Sydney Airport to the Cooks River at Tempe, which eventually discharges into Botany Bay. The canal is 60 metres (200 ft) wide, increasing to 80 metres (260 ft) at its mouth. and is one of only two navigable canals constructed in New South Wales.

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Alexandra Canal (New South Wales)
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2020 Sydney, Mascot
New South Wales, Australia
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