Waterways are routes for travel by water, including rivers, canals, or seaways that provide access for ocean-going ships. The language of waterways emphasizes their relationship to navigation, shipping, and transport (see Hart), and stands in contrast to other ways of describing bodies of water that encompass social, historical, health, climate, and ecological aspects of water (for more on these intersections, see Moore; Murphy; Naveau; Muehlebach; Shear; and profiles of the Great Lakes Water Walk and the TRCA’s Multicultural Connections Program).