Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§59q–1 Union Canal, Outer Buffalo Harbor, New York
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59q–1
Summary
Declares the part of the Union Canal in Buffalo from 200 feet west of Fuhrmann Boulevard to its end not a navigable U.S. waterway under the General Bridge Act of 1946.
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Title 33, §59q–1
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The portion of the Union Canal, also known as the Union Ship Canal, an appendage of the Buffalo Outer Harbor, located in the City of Buffalo, State of New York, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525, et seq.) from a point two hundred feet west of Fuhrmann Boulevard east to its terminus.
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The General Bridge Act of 1946, referred to in text, is title V of act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, 60 Stat. 847, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 525 et seq.) of chapter 11 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 525 of this title and Tables.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 59q–1
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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