Vessals on the Great Lakes no matter how big (Even 1100 footers) are
called "boats...Vessels on the salt water are called ships..
--- In [email protected], "Mike Stevens"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:23 AM [GMT+1=CET],
> trainfinder22 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Did a Wikipedia on this and refers to a Pier or a Wharf...
> >
> > We dont have anything that big out here on the canal...
> > Piers refer to long narrow docks that extend out to the water
on the
> > great lakes...We never use the word Wharf on Fresh Water..
>
> That use is certainly different in the UK. There are plenty of
wharves, so
> named, on UK rivers and canals. At this moment I'm sitting in our
boat
> moored at Cambrian Wharf on the Birmingham Canal, and I've just
been aditing
> a magazine article about Hedsor Wharf on the Thames - both long
way
> inland.
>
> As to definitions, I've not looked it up anywhere but my
understanding of
> the word "wharf" is that it's place designed for ships or boats
(of any size
> and kind) to load and unload.
>
> Mike Stevens
> narrowboat Felis Catus III
> web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
>
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>
