Talk:List of North American ports

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rmo13 03:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Mexico

Is Mexico still in North America? What about Tampico, Veracruz, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan? I know the U.S. and Canada dwarf our Mexicans friends, but should we be rude? WikiDon 20:25, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Mexico is indeed part of northamerica as it has always been. How could it stop being it? It's like asking "is italy still in europe" ? ;) -- (☺drini♫|☎) 22:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Table

I am willing to put thesde ports in a table if there are no ojections

Port Name Location Website Other information
Port of Vancouver Vancouver , on the Strait of Georgia www.portvancouver.com none

MPS 21:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Completed revised table

Each possible marine coast is covered now, and each nation has it's own subsection along the coast. This has been done in part to allow readers to jump to the coast/country of interest. Some ports are obviously not top world importance, but for Churchill, MB, for example, if the Northwest Passage opens it could be quite important in Canada. My Spanish is imperfect -- thus the sources warning. 3 decimal places in degrees is to within 150 meters, which smaller virtually all these places; these are included to check the geographical ordering. Rankings have been put in tables and the bolding removed. There are other locations with better coverage of rankings. Some coverage of the Intracoastal Waterway would be a nice addition, somewhere. This is 42 Kb, but the table and coordinates are the killers, perhaps some break up would be good.rmo13 03:52, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order of ports on Great Lakes

I have arranged the Great Lakes ports in Canada and the United States in sequential order from east (outlet of lakes) to west (head of lakes). In Canada, this was straightforward, and was an improvement on what appeared to be a random arrangement of the ports. In the United States, this was more problematic. The ports had been arranged in pure east-west fashion, but this put them out of order as one follows the coastline. They are now arranged as one encounters them following the coastline from east (outlet of Lake Ontario) to west (Canadian border near western end of Lake Superior).

I would have preferred to place the ports in upstream to downstream order, starting with Duluth and ending with Oswego, but Lake Michigan throws a wrench into that plan. I think, however, that at least arranging the ports in sequential order (essentially clockwise) is more helpful than a straight east-west sort. Comments? Would readers prefer the ports arranged sequentially, but starting in the west (near the upstream end) rather than the east? Ken Gallager 13:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry it was so disordered (my interests are mostly marine/estuarine). A nice effort and perfectly reasonable. My only recommendation is to give a quick look at Coast Pilot 6, Great Lakes system, (e.g. Chap. 11 on Lake Michigan). This has gone through 30+ editions and is meant for ready reference; the main problem is that it leaves out Canada. Seaway Handbook has Canadian details. Both of these suggest that the St. Lawrence Seaway should be thrown in with the Great Lakes, which emphasizes their connection to the Atlantic. This would give an up/downstream ordering in the distance from Montreal or Sept-Îles (Gulf of St. Lawrence). rmo13 03:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pacific Coast - USA ports - USA ports

Why is the United States listed twice under Pacific?

  • 8 Pacific
    • 8.1 United States
    • 8.2 Canada
    • 8.3 United States

Has there been a parrot in here?

WikiDon 01:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Because, they go from north to south, Alaska-Canada-Lower 48-Mexico.... 207.69.139.139 21:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Hola! Aren't references, like in List of North American ports suppose to be EXTERNAL?

I could create an article, then put in rubbish, then go to other articles and cite that article....

Wikipedia:Citing sources and also Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style

See also: Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:ISBN, and Wikipedia talk:Footnotes/Mixed citations and footnotes

207.69.139.139 21:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)