The Narrows (disambiguation)

The Narrows is a strait in New York City separating Brooklyn and Staten Island.

The Narrows may also refer to:

Places

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Australia

Canada

  • The Narrows, Halifax, a strait in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia; the Halifax Explosion occurred here in 1917
  • The Narrows, Manitoba, a community in Division No. 19, Manitoba
  • The Narrows, the entrance to the harbour at St. John's, Newfoundland.
  • The Narrows, a former rapid on the Columbia River in British Columbia, now submerged as a flatwater narrows between Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes
  • The Narrows, a small stretch of water on Fish Egg Inlet, a small inlet west of Rivers Inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia
  • Informally, any number of marine locations in British Columbia, the most notable being Seymour Narrows, Skookumchuck Narrows, Cinnemouson Narrows and the First and Second Narrows of Burrard Inlet
  • The Narrows Locks, a lock station on the Rideau Canal, it was constructed to speed construction and reduce costs by raising the water supply roughly three feet while also flooding the swamps and lowland which had driven malaria outbreaks amongst the labourers. This split Rideau Lake into the Upper Rideau and Lower Rideau.

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United States

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