Alexandra Canal (New South Wales)

Alexandra Canal Shea's Creek
Alexandra Canal, looking upstream towards the Sydney CBD
Location of the mouth in Greater Sydney
Etymology	In honour of Princess Alexandra
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Local government areas	City of Sydney Inner West Council Bayside Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Sydney Park
• location	Alexandria
• coordinates	33°54′37″S 151°11′29″E / 33.91028°S 151.19139°E / -33.91028; 151.19139
• elevation	1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) AHD
Mouth	Cooks River
• location	Tempe
• coordinates	33°55′59″S 151°9′43″E / 33.93306°S 151.16194°E / -33.93306; 151.16194
• elevation	0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) AHD
Length	4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi)
Width
• average	60 metres (200 ft)
• maximum	80 metres (260 ft)
Basin features
River system	Cooks River
Bridges	Shell pipeline bridge Sydenham to Botany railway line Canal Road Bridge A small footbridge
New South Wales Heritage Register
Type	Built
Criteria	a., c., d., e., f., g.
Designated	15 November 2002
Reference no.	01621

The Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River, is a heritage-listed^[1] 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.^[2] 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,^[3] increasing to 80 metres (260 ft) at its mouth.^[2] and is one of only two navigable canals constructed in New South Wales.^[4]