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| Big Chute Marine Railway | |
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 Big Chute Marine Railway | |
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| 44°53′05″N 79°40′27″W / 44.884722°N 79.674139°W | |
| Waterway | Trent-Severn Waterway |
| Country | Canada |
| Maintained by | Parks Canada |
| Operation | Patent slip |
| First built | 1917 |
| Latest built | 1978 |
| Fall | 18 m (59.1 ft) |
Big Chute Marine Railway is a patent slip at lock 44 (in the township of Georgian Bay) of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario, Canada. It works on an inclined plane to carry boats in individual cradles over a change of height of about 60 feet (18 m). It is the only marine railway (or canal inclined plane) of its kind in North America still in use, and is overseen by federally operated Parks Canada. This railway is vital for those cruising the 6,000-mile (9,700 km) Great Loop route.