{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Owen Sound","identifier":"CA OWS","unlocode":"CA OWS","city":null,"country":"Canada","waterBody":"Lake Huron; Great Lakes","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":6.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":44.583333,"longitude":-80.933333},"description":"Parrish & Heimbecker's grain elevator, with roughly 93,000 tonnes of storage, anchors commercial activity at Owen Sound, a natural harbour at the foot of the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, Ontario. Cargo is overwhelmingly bulk: grain, road salt and powdered cement, the last often arriving by barge. Berth depths of about 6.4 m and a sheltered, roughly 1,370 m basin make it one of the safer Great Lakes harbours, linked to the wider system via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Road and rail carry goods onward ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/owen-sound-port-ca-ows","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/owen-sound-port-ca-ows","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Owen Sound · (UN/LOCODE: CA OWS) · Canada · Small · 6.4 m"}